Matthan Black – a familiar voice on our show – is back in Chicago for a spell, visiting from New York City, where he now resides. He fills us in on what’s happening in small-scale and storefront opera in the Rotten Apple...

Then, ‘Fantasy Fachball’ returns for a sister showdown, when Oliver and Matt each pick a set of sopranos to compare and contrast in singing a duet from Mozart's "Così fan tutte". Matthan and Weston are the judges...

Plus it’s the ‘Two Minute Drill’: everything you need to know from the past week in Operaland, and our hot takes on those stories...

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