[@ 2 min] We go Inside the Huddle with Ricky Ian Gordon. The prolific American composer of operas such as "A Coffin in Egypt," "The Grapes of Wrath," and "Orpheus and Euridice" has another credit to add: author! Ricky will share anecdotes from his new memoir, Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera.

[@ 35 min] And then…a field report from an advanced screening of Maria Callas biopic from the New York Film Festival. Will it be opera gloved thumbs down or opera gloved thumbs up?

[@ 40 min] Dresden’s rolling in cash, Berlin’s broke, and Apple Classical has taken another tiny step towards world domination…

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[@ 4 min] We go Inside the Huddle with Vanessa Becerra. The Peruvian and Mexican American soprano is set to make her Chicago Opera Theater debut in the title role of Ferdinando Paer’s Leonora. She joins OBS for a frank conversation about how she distinguished herself as an artist and how her Latina identity opened up new opportunities.  

[@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…can we get through the segment without naming the patron of Operalia?

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[@ 2 min] t’s fall, time for  pumpkin-spice and football, and the OBS team shortlists what we want to see in the 2024-2025 opera season...

[@ 21 min] And speaking of people you’ll want to hear this season, we have a Free Throw from Oliver’s super-crush Huw Montague Rendall as he gets set to make his house and role debut as Billy Budd in Vienna.

[@ 28 min] Plus, we have a Philly-style sendoff for George in the Listener Mailbag, along with a pair of listener field reports from New York City and Nicaragua…

[@ 43 min] And, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…it’s not just the MLB post season, it’s also international opera awards season!

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[@ 4 min] It’s time to retire George's number. That’s right, it’s his final episode after nine years as a cohost on the OBS. The team say their goodbyes and reminisce about the good times (and a few of the bad...)

[@ 25 min] Then… It’s a 'Free Throw' from Javier Camarena who is set to make his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as the Duke in "Rigoletto"...

[@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… George would come back for one more episode as an encore, but Angela Gheorghiu might object...

Season Ten of the OBS starts now!

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[@ 4 min] It's a post-Labor Day weekend double header, as we go 'Inside the Huddle' with composer Missy Mazzoli, as she preps to open "The Listeners" at Opera Philadelphia...

[@ 33 min] ...and then, for the first time ever, we host a designer on the OBS: it's lighting designer Christine Binder...

Set your clocks!  Season Ten of the OBS starts on Thursday, September 12...

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[@ 5 min] Next month, our Friends of the Show Opera Philadelphia will present the North American premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s "The Listeners". We go 'Inside the Huddle' with the opera’s star, soprano Nicole Heaston...

[@ 30 min] Then, in the final inning of OBS Season 9, we peek into  'Listener Mailbag'...
 
[@ 40 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Angelina Jolie goes Method and swallows a tapeworm to prepare for her portrayal of La Divina...

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The DNC wreaks havoc on Chicago, and the OBS is not immune! 
 Enjoy these spectacular 'Free Throws' from the OBS archives, with the likes of Isabel Leonard, Lise Davidsen, Julien Prégardien, Enrique Mazzola, Rolando Villazón, and Jonathan Cohen.  We're back with an all-new episode next week...

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[@ 6 min] The 2024 Summer Olympics are in the books and the 2024 Santa Fe Opera season is winding down. We’ll recap our favorite moments of the games, and go 'Inside the Huddle' with soprano Liv Redpath and conductor Roberto Kalb...

[@ 1 hour 9 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Yuval Sharon 'Ring' Cycle is announced, as the Lepage “Machine” goes in the recycling bin...

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[@ 3 min] It's an ‘Inside the Huddle’ double play! First, we welcome Roger Pines, one of Operaland’s most accomplished dramaturgs…

[@ 21 min] ...and then we speak with baritone Zachary Nelson, currently stealing scenes as Faninal in the Santa Fe Opera production of "Der Rosenkavalier"...

[@ 29 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Break out the glowsticks: opera meets rave in England...

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