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- Season Seven Finale! ft. Ryan Speedo Green and Isabel Leonard[@ 5 min] It’s the Season 7 finale of the OBS, with another double-play from Oliver’s trip to Santa Fe Opera. He goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Ryan Speedo Green to talk about the bass-baritone’s debut at the festival on the heels of recovering from Covid…[@ 46 min] And Oliver also gets mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard to take a few ‘Free Throws’ in our brand-new, short-form segment…[@ 58 min] And then… The OBS team hit the ups and downs of Season 7…[@ 1 h 6 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… “Live performance is back, but audiences have been slow to return”, says the New York Times. We crunch the numbers…We’re off next week as we celebrate Labor Day, but we’re back on September 15 for the home opener of Season 8… Join us!SHOW NOTESIsabel Leonard in Claus Guth's take on 'Cosí fan tutte' from the 2009 Salzburg Festival...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSe7t6UkYwEoperaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 24 min
- Cleveland Doesn’t Rock! ft. Alexandra LoBianco[@ 7 min] It’s a double-play from Oliver’s trip to Santa Fe… First up, soprano Alexandra LoBianco goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk about what you should do while waiting for your dramatic voice to ripen, and all the good vibrations we feel when we sing…[@ 38 min] And then, it’s our new segment: ‘Free Throw’… (It’s so new, Norm is still practicing how to announce it.) Composer Huang Ruo fires back at critics who say his new opera “M. Butterfly” doesn’t sound Chinese enough…[@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Plácido Domingo breaks his silence on the yoga sex cult scandal, saying he is "very sad and feels used"…We’re back with an all-new show next week, when Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Isabel Leonard and Ryan Speedo Green… Join us!operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 9 min
- (Don’t) Drill, Baby, Drill!This week… Oliver comes back from Santa Fe with four fabulous interviews. And Covid. So those highlights are gonna have to wait till next week…Instead, the OBS crew gets seriously sports-talk-radio on this episode and hits the ‘Two Minute Drill’ hard, talking about nothing but news, stats, and stars. And Grace Bumbry…operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore47 min
- Sashay Varnay![@ 4 min] This week… in the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’, we dive into the career and legacy of the greatest dramatic soprano born in 20th century Sweden (whose name doesn’t rhyme with “Schmear-git Hilsson”)…[@ 48 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… A different Swedish soprano is inducted into a German Hall of Fame, a place less exclusive than the OBS ‘HOF’…operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 7 min
- Most Highly Favored Lady! ft. Lila Palmer & Chloe Treat[@ 4 min] Librettist Lila Palmer and stage director Chloe Treat go ‘Inside the Huddle to talk about the world premiere of a secular opera (with music by Damian Geter) about a biblical event: the Annunciation. The show just opened at the Glimmerglass Festival and couldn’t have come at a better time, because, you know, it’s about a woman consenting to give birth...[@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Angela Gheorghiu warns, if you didn't study in Romania, be careful...operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 1 min
- Don't Say the G-Word! ft. Matthew Aucoin[@ 3 min] It’s a 2-point conversion when the OBS scores an interview with MacArthur “Don’t-say-the-G-word” Fellow Matthew Aucoin. The composer, conductor, and author goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver to talk about his breakthrough opera “Eurydice”, and to come to the defense of that dreadful ballet sequence in “La Traviata”...[@ 39 min] And then… Should all seats be created equal in the opera house? An article in ‘The New Yorker’ argues about the inequality of how we watch live performances…[@ 46 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Opera America apologizes for its first apology, and a certain Sondra is back on the market…operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 4 min
- A Week of Bad Takes! ft. Emanuele Andrizzi[@ 4 min] This week… We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Opera Festival of Chicago’s Emanuele Andrizzi, to talk about a work that has paid a steep price for having been written just before Verdi’s more famous operas, despite having some of the best music he ever wrote…[@ 27 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Angel Blue has withdrawn from her debut at Arena di Verona. We suspect that if she were still a young artist, she might also have been called “more narcissistic and entitled than ever” by THE PEOPLE WE ARE PAYING TO LEAD US…operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore54 min
- The Football [Soccer] Opera! ft. Scott Stroman[@ 4 min] This week… George goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Scott Stroman, artistic director of Highbury Opera Theatre and composer of “Fever Pitch,” an opera about football. And by football, we mean soccer…[@ 26 min] And then… It’s the return of ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’, when George reviews Covent Garden’s “Così fan tutte” and “Alcina” at Glyndebourne…[@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Rene Papé is either a fully functioning alcoholic or a homophobe. Or possibly both. Stay tuned as we wade through this PR nightmare…operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 4 min
- Best of... Ketelsen and Heggie!The OBS team was off for Independence Day, but manages to bring back two stellar ‘Inside the Huddle’ segments from past episodes…[@ 1 min] It’s an interview with heart-throb American bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen from November 2021...[@ 32 min] The OBS re-confirms that they did, in fact, interview composer Jake Heggie last March…The OBS is back with an all-new show on Thursday, July 14…!operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore57 min
- American Opera League Trading Cards![@ 3 min] This week, the OBS geniuses launch a new segment called 'Singer Trading Cards'! They start with the American League and swap some great artists of the recent past that you’ll want to add to your collection, too...[@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Jonas Kaufmann will bite off an ear for love, but he won’t do that...operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 10 min
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