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- Michael Mayes![@ 5 min] The OBS gents play a 'Chalk Talk' double header with one of the most recognizable voices in opera podcasting. Baritone Michael Mayes joins the panel to discuss the content that companies are sharing with audiences starved for opera and how they’ve pivoted to online strategies in the wake of COVID-19…[@ 57 min] In the Two Minute Drill... Does your shelter-in-place have enough Marian Anderson? Did a panel of renowned scientists speak too soon about choral concerts?www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 19 min
- Russell Thomas![@ 5 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Russell Thomas, one of the most sought-after tenors of his generation who specializes in the hardest-to-cast roles like Pollione in Bellini’s ‘Norma’, Florestan in Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ and the title role of Verdi's ‘Otello'…[@ 45 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the OBS gang wrap up the Opera Bracket Final Four from Michigan Opera Theater. Only a single team can have its one shining moment. Find out who…[@ 1h30min] And in the Two Minute Drill… Bad news from more of America’s summer opera festivals and worse news from the National Association of Teachers of Singing...www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 59 min
- Mother's Day Spectacular![@ 4 min] It’s our Mother’s Day Spectacular! Ashlee Hardgrave talks to seven artists and administrators who navigated partnership at parenting while at the top of their operatic game…[@ 53 min] George and Oliver play through their regions of Michigan Opera Theater’s Greatest Opera bracket. It’s Carmen versus Dalilah and Ann Trulove versus Cunegonde...![@ 1 hour 42 min] In the Two Minute Drill... La Scala forges ahead with plans to re-open this September. Will that decision end up as one of our future Bad Calls…?www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore2 hr 8 min
- Benedikt Kristjánsson![@6min] If you feel like you’ve been spending a lot of time alone, try singing all the parts of a Bach Passion by yourself. Creative consultant Oliver Camacho has an exclusive interview with the co-creator and star of Bachfest Leipzig’s “St John Passion for solo tenor, harpsichord, organ, and percussion” Icelandic tenor Benedikt Kristjánsson...[@41min] There was plenty of March Madness a few months ago, and that was without any basketball. But while the NCAA Final Four was cancelled, Michigan Opera Theater posted its own opera bracket on Instagram in mid-April. The OBS team works through that very bracket over the next three shows, picking winners of the ultimate opera showdown...[@1h35min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, it’s opera. At the drive in. In London, of all places…We’re continuing to document all things opera-related in the time of corona, and we want to hear your voice. Are you an employee of the opera world, whose work has been affected by COVID-19? A fan who’s desperate to see something live in person? Let us know how you are coping with your own stay-at-home order. Send your message or voice memo of up to sixty seconds to [email protected] and we might feature you on our show…www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore2 hr 8 min
- Nicholas Tamagna!Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Nicholas Tamagna, the American countertenor who recently triumphed in his debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Tamagna describes going from cover cast to starring alongside Joyce DiDonato to (unrelated) quarantine in Germany… Matt and Ashlee conclude ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ with Part III of their look at one of Benjamin Britten’s most accessible operas: “Albert Herring”... In the 'Two Minute Drill', has Anna Netrebko’s identity been stolen...?www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 31 min
- Zachary James!A singer described by Opera News as a “true stage animal,” the OBS ballers go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with American bass-baritone Zachary James to talk about starring in Philip Glass’s ‘Akhnaten’, being a queer villain in Britten’s “Billy Budd”, and a break-through role in “The Addams Family” musical… ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ continues with Part Two of the team's look at Britten’s comic masterpiece “Albert Herring”... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… you knew it was coming… The Zoom Opera…www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 41 min
- Lidiya Yankovskaya Returns!Lidiya Yankovskaya returns! The highly sought after conductor has already had a whirlwind season with world premieres at the Prototype Festival, Minnesota Opera, and with one of our hometown teams, Chicago Opera Theater. Find out how she juggles it all when she goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and Ashlee... It’s ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’. Over the next few weeks, tune up your familiarity with the comic masterpiece “Albert Herring”. With history hurdles and recording reps, get ready to become the point guard for Team Benjamin Britten... And then… in the Two Minute Drill… #MeToo tenor Vittorio Grigolo wants to... caress your ears?www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 43 min
- John Taylor Ward!Which soprano sang more than eighty different roles, spinning out long phrases in operas ranging from Salome to Norma? Find out when Matt makes his next pick for the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’... But first, Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone John Taylor Ward, a darling of the contemporary and early music concert scenes and the co-founder of Minnesota’s Lakes Area Music Festival… In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, COVID-19 claims the life of playwright and librettist Terrence McNally…www.facebook.com/obschi1www.operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 30 min
- Crisis Season!Zach Finkelstein of middleclassartist.com 'Crunches the Numbers' with George on the metrics of Force Majeure clauses in the many contracts that are being cancelled in the wake of COVID-19... But first, Weston inducts a composer into the OBS 'Hall of Fame' that's right on, er, The Nose... Oliver leads a 'Two Minute Drill' with a pair of bizarre stories about Plácido Domingo...facebook.com/obschi1operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore1 hr 10 min
- Cancellation Season!The OBS crew take social distancing a little too literally, as it’s just George live in-studio, with the rest of the team calling in with their personal stories as to how Coronavirus is affecting them - and others - as artists in opera...facebook.com/obschi1operaboxscore.com@operaboxscore57 min
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