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This week... It's our annual Halloween Spooktacular… No 'Two Minute Drill', no hot takes: just some old-fashioned, vengeful hunchbacks, some riddling ice princesses, and some real phantoms of the opera... Next week... We induct (posthumously, with tears in our eyes) a brilliant soprano into the OBS Hall of Fame... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Fall is for falling in love, and Oliver just barely contains himself when he goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with dreamy tenor Charles Castronovo… [@ 33 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… First, a secret relationship with your girlfriend’s sister; then, the three of you plot to kill their mother. It’s not a verismo opera plot, it’s real life, and the villain is a countertenor... Plus… We’re back with an all-new show next week with our annual Hallowe’en Spooktacular. Join us… if you dare! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] This week… We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with stage director Keturah Stickann. She brought ‘The Barber of Seville’ to San Diego Opera’s drive-in COVID season; she’s also bringing opera librettists into the conversation with her podcast “Words First”… [@ 26 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… If you’re dumb enough to take your phone out and film Jonas Kaufmann while he’s singing, prepare to be shamed in a German accent… We’re back with an all-new show next week when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Charles Castronovo… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 6 min] The OBS yokels induct another seminal composer into the OBS Hall of Fame. Hint? Think Susannah. With an H... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Who can afford to study opera anyway? According to Hollywood, it’s wealthy white women. And they’re not wrong. The OBS back with an all-new show next week, going ‘Inside the Huddle’ with stage director Keturah Stickann, who's also host of the podcast "Words First: Talking Text in Opera"… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The OBS placekickers go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with director Rose Freeman and soprano Angela Born, whose collective work is in a double bill production at Third Eye Theatre Ensemble in Chicago... [@ 29 min] In Chalk Talk… While this the show was taped, Terence Blanchard’s opera “Fire Shut Up In My Bones” opened the season at the Metropolitan Opera. The OBS team talk about the plethora of ways this is a truly monumental occasion... [@ 42 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… There's red cards and yellow cards; this time there might have to be a green flag… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Pianist and vocal coach Irina Meachem, and her baritone husband Lucas, go ‘Inside the Huddle’ to preview their upcoming album “Shall We Gather” which comes out this month... [@ 29 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Can’t we just keep the drama on the stage and out of the wings… and out of the fly tower...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 25 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with star soprano Erin Morley, who seems like a circus performer with all the high-flying, high-pressure roles she sings. Hear her compare singing Lucia to giving birth, as we launch Season Seven of the OBS… [@ 52 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… We repeat the mantra yet again: “NO KIDS AT THE OPERA!”  Nope, not even if they’re onstage... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Well, Team OBS might be wrapping up their summer vacations, but they've still got a show for you... [@ 4 min] Oliver and Matt revisit going 'Inside the Huddle' with tenor Benjamin Bernheim… [@ 32 min] Then, Matt and Oliver rejoin tenor Lawrence Brownlee 'Inside the Huddle'... Next week, on Wednesday, September 15, the OBS returns for Season Seven - count ‘em! - at 9 pm CT on TDO Network… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Well, Team OBS might be wrapping up their summer vacations, but they've still got a show for you... [@ 2 min] Oliver and Ashlee revisit going 'Inside the Huddle' with Fort Worth Opera General Director Afton Battle... [@ 28 min] Then, Ashlee and Oliver rejoin soprano Christine Goerke 'Inside the Huddle'... Our best-of, podcast-only, summer listening series continues next week with a tag team of tenors... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with soprano Ying Fang. They talk about singing Mozart, and why you should be more like Susanna… [@ 28 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Save the drama for your mama, ‘cause there’s lots of it this week... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 1 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the summer road trip goes into its fourth round, as Oliver files a field report from Sante Fe Opera... [@ 18 min] Then, Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Duke Kim. Find out how Oliver’s new tenor crush used the pandemic to work on his 3-pointers... [@ 41 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, another opera company joins the vaxx vox populi... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The OBS bikers continue our summer opera road trip - having visited Dallas and Kansas City - by stopping in Knoxville, TN, with a special inductee into the ‘OBS Hall of Fame’... [@ 36 min] And then… They reach into the Listener Mailbag and pull out an S-E-C-ya-later question… [@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… No kids at the opera? Father-of-two George thinks that’s a marvellous idea... Next week... Oliver files a field report from Santa Fe Opera... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Call it Olympic Fever… We had some technical difficulties this week which meant postponing our show… But the OBS team are back at it on Wednesday, August 11, when they complete their summer city trifecta of episodes: Dallas, Kansas City, and now Knoxville, Tennessee, with a special three-part ‘OBS Hall of Fame’… And then… The OBS diggers dig into the ‘Listener Mailbag’ for something that Ashlee can really dig her teeth into... Plus…. In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… NO KIDS AT THE OPERA…! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 6 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Tenor Aaron Short joins the show as a guest, along with some hack called Tobias Wright. The reunited crew look at 2021’s biggest sports stories and imagine their opera parallels... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… What do Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, and bass-baritone Justino Diaz have in common? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver and George go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Eric Smith and Miguel Cantú from the American Baroque Opera Company to find out what is the only human endeavor more expensive than war… [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  if you plan on going to the Met, you better plan on having your proof of vaccination (in addition to your ascot and opera glasses, obvs)… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Novak Djokovic won this year’s men’s Wimbledon finals, giving him a total of twenty Grand Slam titles, tying both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in big wins. We take a look at three baritones who are tied in greatness, but bring very different qualities to their game... [@ 37 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Black Opera Alliance hands out a red card to Tulsa Opera, and we hand one out to Opera Australia... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk”… The European Football Championships are down to just four teams.  The OBS players, along with special guest maestro Anthony Barrese, pick winners based on the opera prowess of the remaining four countries... [@ 33 min] And then, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  Good news from New York: the Prototype Festival is coming back.  And, oh yeah, so is the Met… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] The OBS blazers get ready for Independence Day by lighting up some vocal fireworks in the Great American Coloratura Competition... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Things not so pretty in France… or New Zealand… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… An NFL player just came out as gay, while the OBS DEs celebrate PRIDE with a look at gayness in opera. (Wait, isn’t that redundant?) [@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The OBS team talks about winners in Cardiff and France, but not in Scotland… Next week, June 30, we work through the Euro2020 bracket, predicting winners based on countries' opera prowess… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] It’s the end of an era as you know it… Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Magda Krance, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s veteran Director of Media Relations, who retired her jersey last week after thirty years of promoting vocal fireworks… and putting out fires… [@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Would you want to be quarantined in a hotel with the Singers of the World? And just how would you stage an opera without anyone touching…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore