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- New Seasons, Same OBS![@ 3 min] This week in ‘Chalk Talk’… The season announcements are coming in faster than Anna Netrebko’s separation from Putin, and harder than Will Smith at an awards ceremony. The OBS Crazies talk you through all the season details you need to know…[@ 32 min] And then… “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” is, well, on fire. The OBS QBs play ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ and review the recent PBS screening…[@ 47 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Anna, Anna, Anna, what have you done this time?operaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 9 min
- Handel Operas: The Final Four![@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… It’s still March and the OBS ballers are still mad like Lucia, as they crown the OBS’s 2022 Winningest Composer of the last three hundred years…[@ 41 min] And then… From the ‘Listener Mailbag’, you get the skinny on Jakub Józef Orlinski. Was he nude in Covent Garden’s ‘Theodora’, or was it false advertising…?[@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The boycott of the boycotting of boycotted artists has begun! That means you, Ildar Abdrazakov…operaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 5 min
- The Devil Wears Pravda![@ 4 min] This week… One of the original ‘Inside the Huddle’ guests returns. And this time the OBS team has proof! It’s Jake Heggie. For real. Jake Heggie. (Oliver, please make sure you are recording…)[@ 26 min] Then, in ‘Chalk Talk’… It’s Week Two of March Madness 2022 when Ashlee and Weston fill out their portions of the bracket for the winningest composer of the past 400 years (minus Mozart, Verdi and Puccini…)[@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Don’t ever, EVER heckle one of the OBS's ‘Inside the Huddle’ guests. EV-ER…operaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 2 min
- Also Sprach Arvo Pärt![@ 3 min] This week, in ‘Chalk Talk’... Is it that time of year already? With the Men’s NCAA March Madness tourney set, the OBS b-ballers create their own bracket to pick the winningest opera composer of the last 300 years…[@ 15 min] And then… Opera Philadelphia has just announced its ‘22-’23 season featuring friends of the show Larry Brownlee and David T. Little, and titles including ‘The Backwards Bohème’ and ‘The Other Otello’…[@ 24 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Artists continue to raise their voices in support of Ukraine while Universal gets out of Russia…operaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore45 min
- The Five McVicars![@ 3 min] This week in ‘Chalk Talk’… The OBS critics take a look at the Metropolitan Opera’s recently announced ‘22-‘23 season, including 5 David McVicar shows, 4 new productions, 3 ‘Traviata’ casts, 2 Yoncheva role debuts, and a partridge in a pear tree…[@ 29 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… There is definitely one artist who *won’t* be appearing onstage at Lincoln Center this year…SHOW NOTES & LINKSWhat did Jonas Kaufmann mean?https://operawire.com/tenor-wolfgang-ablinger-sperrhacke-fires-back-at-jonas-kaufmann-over-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/GET YOUR VOICE HEARDoperaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore51 min
- Opera is Not Political?There’s really only one thing on our collective minds right now. To give you some relief from the horrific news coming out of Ukraine, the OBS-ers talk about politics in opera. ‘Cause those two things go together like peanuts and Crackerjacks…operaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 3 min
- Everyone’s First Opera is Carmen! ft. Daniela Candillari[@ 5 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Daniela Candillari who was just named principal conductor of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She talks about her very recent conducting debut at the Met on Aucoin’s “Eurydice” and geeks out with Oliver on... a Mozart piano concerto...?![@ 30 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Cancel culture kills Katherina’s classic co-production, and Central City celebrates a stylish CEO. (Try saying that after three Gin Slings...)SHOW NOTES & LINKSwww.danielacandillari.comoperaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore49 min
- The House Edge! ft. Mathilda Edge[@ 6 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Mathilda Edge. The rising American lyric-dramatic soprano has already accepted a tenure-track position at Oberlin, just as her singing career is set to launch…[@ 52 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’... Friends of the show abound in the '22-'23 season at Lyric Opera of Chicago, but which one of them will be starring in the Barrie Kosky production of "Fiddler on the Roof"…?SHOW NOTES & LINKSwww.mathildaedge.comoperaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore1 hr 15 min
- Broad Stripes and Bright Stars! ft. Scott Ramsay[@ 4 min] Get ready for Super Bowl LVI happening this Sunday in L.A.! Tenor Scott Ramsay goes 'Inside the Huddle' with the OBS Pack-haters to talk about the highs and lows of singing the national anthem on the gridiron…[@ 25 min] Then, in the ‘Listener Mailbag’... When is an opera not an opera…?[@ 32 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Stage director Hans Neuenfels has died. Don’t remember the name? You’ll definitely remember his production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin”...SHOW LINKSScott Ramsay: www.scottramsay.netoperaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore52 min
- The Perfect American![@ 4 min] The OBS polyrhythmics induct a birthday boy into the OBS "Hall of Fame"… Here’s a hint:He’s an American ComPOser.He’s an American ComPOser.He’s an American Opera ComPOser.He’e an American ComPOser.[@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Zubin Mehta unloads some of his shares of Tesla stock so that the Zubin Mehta Hall can have an endowment...operaboxscore.comdallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-scorefacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore56 min
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