Opera Box Score

[@ 5 min] It’s a tag team interview with the composer and the star of a new film version of “Soldier Songs” at Opera Philadelphia, as the OBS platoon go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with David T. Little and baritone Johnathan McCullough… [@ 43 min] Did you have a nice inauguration? Did you enjoy the singing? In ‘Chalk Talk”, the OBS quorum chimes in about what music they’d like to have after one of them runs for president… [@ 1 h 11 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Middle Class Artist dot com?  More like Middle Class Artist dot bomb! Zach Finkelstein investigates a predatory online voice competition... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… BIPOC artists are challenging NYIOP’s application fees - on the grounds of racial and socio-economic inequity - through an open letter on Middle Class Artist.com... [@ 18 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with America’s favorite baritone Will Liverman. The Met’s first Black Papageno will be profiled in the February issue of Opera News... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... It's a new regular mini-feature called ‘Red Card, Yellow Card’, recapping which houses are closed or open for business… NEXT WEEK: Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with composer David T. Little and baritone/director Johnathan McCullough of Opera Philadelphia’s film version of Little’s opera ‘Soldier Songs’… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 7 min] Friend-of-the-show Zachary James posted a wake-up call on social media saying “Let’s immediately stop doing business like we are still in the old world." The OBS goobers take his advice to heart and talk business about the future of opera in 2021... [@ 25 min] Oliver and George go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Joachim Schamberger, Director of Opera at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and the director / video editor of the web-series “Orfeo Remote”... [@ 50 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Dr. Fauci predicts the return of theater this fall, but said nothing about opera. Is there a vaccine for patrons who sit in the front row...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] Spurred on by Becky Hammon becoming the first woman to act as a head coach in a regular season NBA game, the OBS ballers shout out some of the women who took over leadership roles in the second half of 2020... {@ 22 min] In an article for MiddleClassArtist.com, Cindy Sadler argues that weight bias in opera is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination. The contralto, stage director, administrator, author, and advocate goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and Ashlee... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Roberto is an Officer of the Legion d'honneur and Jane is a dame... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The OBS is back on TDO Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 9 pm CT! The OBS team is podcast-only this week, as they re-share three of their favorite segments from 2020. And from 2019, because... 2020. [@ 3 min] Matt inducts Shirley Verrett into the OBS 'HOF'... [@ 24 min] Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with James Darrah before James Darrah was James Darrah... [@ 45 min] Ashlee recaps her chat with seven women artists and administrators who navigated partnership at parenting while at the top of their operatic game... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The OBS is podcast-only this week and the week of December 28. The team returns to TDO Network on Wednesday, January 6, with an all-new videocast as they say good riddance to 2020... The NBA tips-off its new season as LeBron, Steph, and Yannis - the current gods of the court - are expected to return. Just like the MESSIAH is expected to return. The OBS-ers have an unorthodox lineup of Handel's "Messiah" to introduce you (plus a Spotify playlist on operaboxscore.com)... Plus, Matt and Oliver reveal their favorite opera singers’ Christmas albums. But will Jonas' contribution make the cut...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 3 min] This week… Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone Kenneth Overton, the creator of Black Opera Live. Find out not only how history was made when the Met inadvertently featured four Black sopranos in leading roles in one performance of “The Marriage of Figaro”, but also which of those sopranos is Kenneth Overton’s tennis buddy… [@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... even Kanye West is having a hard time paying his opera performers and crew, and he can’t blame Peter Gelb for it… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 4 min] Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and guest panelist conductor Anthony Barrese. Find out what score the Canadian conductor carries around as leisure reading while she prepares to be part of the re-opening of performances at the Opéra Bastille in Paris... [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Fresh off his triumph as an interview guest on the OBS, Lawrence Brownlee wins the 16th Annual Opera News Awards... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 4 min] Weston tackles on an overlooked opera and encourages the team to, er, branch out in a new-ish segment called ‘Under Further Review’... [@ 41 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Renée Fleming volunteers to get an MRI for the sake of science... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] The OBS side reaches into the Listener Mailbag for notes on their Gilbert and Sullivan episode... [@ 11 min] During 'Chalk Talk', it’s Turkey Lurkey Time. Find out what each of the OBS team is thankful for this year... [@ 33 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill': pandemic be damned, Melbourne Opera is going forward with a new Ring cycle. Will it be a Ride of the Vaccines or an Audience-Dämmerung...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 3 min] It’s a classic NFC East match-up. Suiting up for Philadelphia, tenor Lawrence Brownlee meets your Dallas Opera Network team, to talk about singing the hardest music ever written, being an ambassador for opera to the Black community, and maybe a little Fantasy Football... [@ 40 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Middle Class Artist throws a flag on YouTube auditions, while Jonas Kaufmann wants YOU for Christmas... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 3 min] This week, in ‘Chalk Talk’… Some of us could use something on the lighter side… like good ol’ Gilbert and Sullivan. George patters about the best of G&S and fends off a little list questions from his colleagues, including why G&S still matters. (To some of us, anyway…) [@ 30 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Tragedy in Vienna, impostors in Brooklyn, and racists on Facebook… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 3 min] Firstly, the OBS team taped this week’s show on Monday November 2; secondly, they don’t talk politics.  Kind of.  Ashlee takes a page out of You-Know-Who’s playbook and sounds off about some Nasty Women in opera… [@ 29 min] It’s one of OBS’ biggest scores... When this helden soprano found out the OBS crew were doing an episode about Nasty Women, she said “Hold My Beer”. Christine Goerke goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and Ashlee to talk about her friendship with the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and on singing Brünnhilde in a Mustang... [@ 59 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the European opera houses shut down and everyone is writing angry letters about it… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 4 min] It’s our annual Hallowe’en Spooktacular this week… We talk terrifying operas, and watch some nightmarish scenes... [@ 18 min] And then… Oliver and Matt go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the tall and talented tenor Benjamin Bernheim… [@ 46 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... If you have to wear a mask to go to the opera, can it be a Hallowe’en mask…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network... [@ 3 min] On the show this week…  Opera.  Sports.  Sports.  Opera.  Not as far apart as you might think.  The OBS team tells you why... [@ 18 min] And then… co-host Matt Cummings revisits the induction of a beloved mezzo-soprano into the OBS Hall of Fame.  Find out whose portrait gets to line the hallowed halls of the Operaland’s HQ... [@35 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’...  More season announcements in one week than you’ve heard in the last six months... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Starting tonight, Wednesday, October 21st, Opera Box Score is joining The Dallas Opera Network. OBS? TDO? WTF? Alright, TDO Network brings a mixture of programming that educates, questions, and furthers classical music and the power of opera. With a diverse group of content creators from the opera industry, each series uniquely engages with its community in ways that go further than the just the typical live performance experience. What does that mean for you? Here’s how it works. Team OBS tapes a video - yes, video - version of the show that is released exclusively on The Dallas Opera Network on Wednesdays at 9 pm CT. A podcast version of the same show can be found on Fridays wherever you get your pods, and a terrestrial radio version is broadcast on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago on Monday nights. Now, don’t panic. You still get exclusive interviews with opera artists, insights into the opera art form and all your opera headlines with our team’s hot takes, plus a healthy dose of sports talk and fifth grade

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, George, Oliver and Matt talk GOATs. (You know... Greatest. Of. All. Time.) In the aftermath of tennis GOAT Rafael Nadal’s victory in the French Open, we throw down on opera’s GOATs... [@ 20 min] One of the first Black women to lead an American opera company, Afton Battle goes 'Inside the Huddle' with Ashlee and Oliver. The singer turned administrator pledges to eradicate inequalities and spotlight the talents and skills of people of color both on the stage and behind the scenes at Fort Worth Opera... [@ 51 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, could a painting save Covent Garden…? [Listener Alert!] Starting October 21st, Opera Box Score is joining The Dallas Opera Network. Check it out at: dallasopera.org/tdo_network_episodes/ www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The OBS syndicate tackle a recent article in the 'Guardian' which argues that opera companies have been essential in making the return of live entertainment possible in the UK. How far might that assessment apply to opera in the US…? [@ 17 min] With all the madness of the past week, the OBS-ers figured you might want a calm-me-down playlist. Hear their recommendations on arias that’ll get you raging... [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EHMHSd1xfCRmJd83VABiv?si=60lfhQ6qT5OeW_UfjjMGDQ] ...and then bring you back down peacefully… [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dOsODafBLrZLeKKFCZMNR?si=T_uEQRsxScaZOyqB0xEkCA] [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, one of the original Barihunks gives up his leather pants... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] One season gone, another one announced. That’s the score at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for the ‘20 and ‘21 seasons. The OBS ballers dig into the plus/minus columns and take a closer look at who won and who lost… [@ 25 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle' with Aaron Sheehan. The Grammy-winning artist is considered to be America’s leading tenor in Baroque repertoire and carries the ball for Boston Early Music Festival’s Virtual Orfeo-Spectacular... [@ 55 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Jonas Kaufmann finally hits the big time. Yeah, he’s on Amazon Prime... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The OBS bench honor a superhero who proved you can be as tough as a linebacker AND love opera. In ‘Chalk Talk’, the panel pays tribute to the late, great Notorious RBG... [@ 20 min] Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with the co-host of the "Trilloquy" podcast, and former host of American Public Media’s nationally syndicated "Music Through the Night", Garrett McQueen... [@ 60 min] In the 'Two Minute Drill', audience protests stop a performance of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera”. Now THAT’S ironic... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore