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[@ 5min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Zoom operas ushered in a new era of pandemic entertainment.  But how has the art form of opera-as-film changed over the last year, and how will it change opera altogether? The OBS critics screen a few recent examples of this evolving musico-dramatic language to find out what the present looks like and what the future might hold... [@ 46 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  Move over QAnon Shaman, there’s a new set of Brünnhilde horns at the Capitol... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

As they recover from Memorial Day weekend, the OBS boozers put aside the yellow cards, the red cards, and the AGMA negotiations. You can sit back and enjoy a holiday-length one-on-one with mezzo-soprano (and deluxe trouser role specialist) Kate Lindsey… Next week, the OBSers take a deep dive into opera-as/in/on-film… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, it’s the second part of a doubleheader on opera’s rebound from the pandemic. Your OBS team picks four season announcements that just might be the pacecar for other opera houses this fall... [@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, it’s Madame Butterfly Cancel Culture. Yeah, the OBS-ers are just going to say “cancel culture”, until it doesn't mean anything anymore… Next week, OBS goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with American mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… The OBS team asks just if, when, and how, exactly, opera will bounce back, post-pandemic. What needs to happen now in order to build back opera better? [@ 29 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  The Met actually made an agreement with a union! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the OBS team commemorates Asian Heritage Month by spotlighting some of the biggest players on the scene today, with a bespoke playlist here... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh8CWvrqTi1XP2Jk5yD_lYi1FEf2Lxccx [@ 45 min] Then, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the finalists for the Met National Council auditions are named, the Black Opera Alliance gathers signatories for its pledge, and the 2020 International Opera Awards are handed out... virtually… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Barbara Hannigan goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to give Weston and Oliver the post-pandemic singer’s playbook, to introduce her young artist initiative called Momentum, and to argue why streaming is here to stay... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the starting lineup is announced for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Will Kosovo be this year’s front runner…? And the OBS is back with an all-new show on May 12 when the team spotlights Asian artists you should know… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

A bonus episode featuring Amanda Forsythe who went 'Inside the Huddle' with Oliver to discuss holding an audience’s attention during a set change, singing super fast coloratura, and favoring being an entertainer over being historically accurate. This interview originally aired on WFMT 98.7 in Chicago. Playlist George Frideric Handel: Almira, HWV 1 Act II, "Der Himmel wird straffen dein falsches Gemüht" Act III, "Quillt, ihr überhäuften Zähren" Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, directors from Boston Early Music Festival's complete recording of Almira CPO 555205-2 Agostino Steffani: "Occhi belli, non più" with Colin Balzer, tenor Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, directors from Boston Early Music Festival's Agostino Steffani: Duets of Love and Passion CPO 555135-2 Johann Gottlieb Graun: "O Dio, Fileno" Opera Prima Cristiano Contadin, viola da gamba and direction from Opera Prima's J. G. Graun: Cantatas & Viola da Gamba Concerto

[@ 4 min] Get your Copland fanfare ready! The OBS crew induct - posthumously, this time - a mezzo-soprano into the hallowed corridors of the OBS Hall of Fame... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: the New York Public Library gets a huge opera donation... Team OBS is back with an all-new show next week featuring soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan ‘Inside the Huddle’… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Verdi baritone and gentle giant Quinn Kelsey goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Ashlee and Oliver to talk about singing traditional Hawai’ian music for an operatic kanikapila and preparing for Scarpia at Opera Philadelphia... [@ 30 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’…. One year into the pandemic, the OBS team look at some of the most striking innovations in opera, including new media, do-it-yourself music-making, alternative, pandemic-resistant venues, and… trucks…? [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Dude goes to conduct in Paris, and the city of Madrid awards its Medal of Gold to an opera administrator... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Maestro Enrico Lopez-Yañez goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Weston and Oliver. The Mexican-American conductor is slated to conduct Chicago Opera Theater’s season finale, but is also the star of his own space pirate web series... [@ 30 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, big money lands in L.A., while Jonathan Dove’s opera ‘Flight’ takes off in Seattle... The OBS back with an all-new show next week when baritone Quinn Kelsey goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk Verdi, Hawai’i and other things ending in the letter “i”, plus you get more opera headlines, more hot takes and the return of Ashlee Hardgrave! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] By the time you get this episode, one of opera’s most powerful gatekeepers will be managing a publicity crisis thanks to our pal Zach Finkelstein and another one of his highly researched investigative articles for MiddleClassArtist.com… [@ 26 min] By the time you get this episode, the men’s NCAA champ will be crowned. Here on the OBS, we’re working our way through the Final Four of the Operaland bracket to pick one dark horse opera to become part of the standard rep... (And a playlist here: https://bit.ly/3dGwYBs) [@ 56 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’: Opera Australia takes a page out the Met’s union negotiation playbook... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] For the last episode in Women’s History Month, the OBS has an exclusive interview with the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Opera Center. Carrie-Ann Matheson goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Matt and Oliver to lay out the gameplan for her young Merolini and Adler charges… [@ 27 min] The OBS soothsayers play through the Operaland March Madness bracket to the Final Four. Did your pick go the distance...? [@ 52 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’: the OBS bump helps out yet again… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The OBS ballers dribble you through the other two regions of the Operaland March Madness bracket - Classical and Romantic - all leading up to the grand finale next week... [@ 26 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: exit stage right James Levine, plus Tulsa Opera cancels a commission by a Black composer written to commemorate the Tulsa Massacre... Plus, next week, San Francisco Opera Center’s new Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson joins us ‘Inside the Huddle’...! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The musical highlight of awards season, the 2021 Grammys were handed out last Sunday. In 'MEQ', the OBSers recap the winners from Operaland... [@ 12 min] Also last Sunday, teams for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments were chosen. Over the next three shows, the OBS pundits put together a bracket for you. Who made the cut into the Operaland playoffs...? [@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... At long last, someone’s invented an effective mask for opera singers that ISN’T attractive... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Soprano Mireille Asselin goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver Camacho, as they nerd out on baroque opera, ornamentation, and gesture, as well as dive into Mireille’s upcoming show for Tapestry Opera that's 50% recital, 50% story-telling, and 100% Canadian... [@ 37 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... What’s giving Ashlee nightmares this week? It’s not the imminent success of Season 3 of OBS rival podcast Aria Code... or is it...?! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with pianist Chris Reynolds who reveals how he plans to be a change agent within the GWM opera mafia... (And check out Chris’ opera playlist at bit.ly/309NzqV…) [@ 54 min] ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ returns when the OBS Jedis review an animated version of “The Magic Flute” featuring a particularly… Force-ful… Tamino... [@ 1 hour 3 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Hey, let’s commit to producing a full “Ring” cycle in the middle of a pandemic... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] The OBS skaters go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Key’mon Murrah. The countertenor is on a fast rise to stardom after participating in a public masterclass with Joyce DiDonato and winning a series of competitions. Oliver asks about the viral video he made with his twin brother, and for the first time on OBS, a guest curates a playlist [bit.ly/2P4SHud] for y'all, the fans... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Sonya Yoncheva receives The Keys to The City! Find out which one... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with conductor Alexandra Enyart as she discusses her new role on the Artistic Advisory Council of the American Opera Project, serves as the go-to conductor for Laura Kaminsky’s opera “As One”, and explains the Great Banjo Wars of 2020... [@ 26 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the jig is up for German music critic Andreas Laska. Middle Class Artist.com has blown the case wide open. Is the pokey next for Laska…? [@ 36 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Zachary James is the newest star of TDO Network. Will he take the tiara from the Fab Five of OBS…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 6 min] It’s Valentine’s Day this week, and your panel of OBS hunks advises you on what operatic love music you should be listening to in order to get into that romantic mood. Don’t worry, we’re not talking about “Tristan und Isolde”. The OBS heartthrobs dig a little deeper to curate the perfect soundtrack (which you can listen to here: https://bit.ly/3a5515H) for however you plan to spend the night… [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill”… the union drama at the Met continues, and a different kind of drama unfolds at Opera Australia with… Nicole Kidman…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] This week… The OBS Hall of Fame is back, but this time it’s the Hall of Shame. Weston and Matt induct a singer who’s one of the greatest of all time. But can a neutered goat still be called a G.O.A.T.? [@ 12 min] But first… With the Chiefs and Bucs set to collide in Super Bowl LV, the OBS bruisers tackle the Big Game through opera glasses, and offer a few betting tips... [@ 48 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... As proof that the OBS bump really works, Friends of the Show Brenda Rae and Anthony Roth Costanzo have won this year’s Beverly Sills Artist Award... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore