Haymarket Opera Company's fall production is Marin Marais's 1696 opera “Ariane et Bachus”. In 'Hometown Team', Haymarket's Artistic Director Craig Trompeter joins soprano Kimberly McCord live in studio to reveal why their company is the first one to perform this opera in the last 321 years...

Then, In 'Chalk Talk', we take a closer look at the recent flourishing of Baroque music performance, including performances by Third Coast Baroque and the works of Monteverdi at the Harris Theater...

Plus, Oliver plays 'Monday Evening Quarterback' and reviews the recent production of Gluck's “Orpheé et Eurydice” at Lyric Opera of Chicago...

And, you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in 'The Two Minute Drill'...

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