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[@ 6 min] The 2024 Summer Olympics are in the books and the 2024 Santa Fe Opera season is winding down. We’ll recap our favorite moments of the games, and go 'Inside the Huddle' with soprano Liv Redpath and conductor Roberto Kalb... [@ 1 hour 9 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Yuval Sharon 'Ring' Cycle is announced, as the Lepage “Machine” goes in the recycling bin... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] It's an ‘Inside the Huddle’ double play! First, we welcome Roger Pines, one of Operaland’s most accomplished dramaturgs… [@ 21 min] ...and then we speak with baritone Zachary Nelson, currently stealing scenes as Faninal in the Santa Fe Opera production of "Der Rosenkavalier"... [@ 29 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Break out the glowsticks: opera meets rave in England... operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Our team has Olympic fever! We’ll break down the best of operatic performances from the Paris Opening Ceremonies, as well as iconic past showings from previous Olympiads… Yeah, that’s right, we’re taking it wayyy back to Barcelona… [@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… He may have been the one to throw The Punch, but it looks like John Eliot Gardner is the one whose career is down for the count… GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 11 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with author Garth Greenwell whose acclaimed debut novel is to be produced as an opera with music by David T. Little and starring Karim Sulayman... [@ 3 min] But first, since we’re talking about books, if you're not the type of person who sits down to read, maybe you’d rather experience an opera version. We’ve got a summer listening list... [@ 47 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Zarzuela performances are selling out in Madrid and Juan Diego Flórez is recording a zarzuela album... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with Karen Slack, the lirico-spinto soprano who rose to prominence in prima donna roles like Butterfly, Tosca, and Aida, but more and more is in demand as a galvanizing voice for African-American artists working in opera and classical music... [@ 33 min] In the 'Listener Mailbag'... It's a scouting report on emerging artists to hear this summer… [@ 43 min] Plus, in the 'Two Minute Drill'... Laundry tips from Washington National Opera’s costume department and a lesson on how to say the 'F' word in Finnish... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Alright, this week we go Inside the Huddle with Greer Grimsley. The American bass-baritone returns to Santa Fe Opera for Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s "The Righteous," which receives its world premiere on July 13! [@ 33 min] Then…speaking of July 13, this Saturday is the 100th birthday anniversary of Carlo Bergonzi. Musicologist Brad Sisk, a former student of Bergonzi, takes a Free Throw on what made the great Italian tenor a quintessential Verdian. [@ 46 min] There’s a Lot going on in France (and not all of it’s good), but something good is happening in England. GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] This week…we are halfway through the Major League Baseball season! Which means it's time for us to swap some Trading Cards: American Composer Edition. And there are so many! Copland! Gershwin! Floyd!...(slowing) uh…Dominick Argento… (stammering) uh … Philip Glass? Plus, George sends us another postcard from abroad! What iconic Italian opera house will he call B-tier this time? [@ 47 min] Then…we go Inside the Huddle with Sir Emanuele Andrizzi. The Italian conductor, recently bestowed the rank of Officer of the Knights of the Order of the Star of Italy, is betting on Gian Carlo Menotti as he is set to conduct the Medium for Opera Festival of Chicago. [@ 1h 5 min] Certain artists from a certain country are not having a good news cycle. GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] This week…Beyonce might have the most Grammys, but number two ain’t bad, especially if it comes with an OBS Hall of Fame nomination. Find out what Hungarian conductor has made the cut for our most prestigious award… [@ 42 min] Then…a field report from Julius Caesar at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, starring friends of the show Emily Pogorelc and Key’mon Murrah. [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Ron De Santis gives Florida the Arts Council England treatment, but worse. So much worse. GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…we go inside the huddle with Mané Galoyan. The Armenian soprano, an alumna of Houston Grand Opera studio and prizewinner at Operalia, is set to make her Santa Fe Opera debut next month as Violetta in La Traviata. We’ll find out how her ‘Murican training prepared her to sing in the big 'Murican houses. [@ 31 min] The stats are in from the Met’s most experimental season yet! We crunch those numbers... [@ 49 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…the opera world mourns the untimely death of Belgian soprano Jodie Devos. GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] This Sunday is Father’s Day, but unfortunately, George Cederquist is out of town, so our good dad role model can’t help us out this week. We’ll cover some bad dads in opera to learn what NOT to celebrate this weekend… [@ 29 min] A free throw from tenor Julian Prégardien, son of tenor Christoph Pregardien, who describes what its like having a famous father in the same fach. Faching fathers, I tell you. [@ 43 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…what time is it? Yannick Nezet-Seguin knows… GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] It’s an Opera Theater double-header! First we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Paul Groves who is set to sing the title role in Philip Glass’ "Galileo Galilei", the OG science-denial show (before everyone was doing it...) [@ 27 min] Listen for the final field report from PJ as the Met’s current season wraps… [@ 32 min] Then, Andrew Jorgensen is up to bat. The general director of Opera Theater of Saint Louis returns to OBS five years after he last stepped into the batter’s box. We’ll find out if our top draft pick from 2018 is still a wide-eyed optimist about the state of the industry, and we’ll get an overview of the season which has already begun... [@ 51 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Just in time for Ashlee’s return to the panel, it’s the news about Men Behaving Badly... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min and 39 min] We climb into the Wayback Machine for two ‘Inside the Huddle’ segments (taped in back-to-back weeks, no less) from August 2023... [@ 29 min] And then… The ‘Listener Mailbag’ overflows with new listeners and old friends... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] The second ever World Opera Forum is set to kick off early next month in Los Angeles. To preview this global gathering, (this United Nations of Opera, if you will), we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with an American delegate, Houston Grand Opera general director and CEO Khori Dastoor... [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… the Royal news continues, and only two boos for a new Ring Cycle: the crowd loved it...! GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] FOS Francesca Zambello and composer Christopher Tin recently changed the ending of "Turandot" at the Kennedy Center. We’re taking a page from their book to see what problematic productions might also be in need of a refreshed finale... [@ 20 min] And then... PJ files two ecstatic field reports from the Met: one is a rock concert and the other is all about the Boy... [@ 24 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… stories about Beethoven’s hair and Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s heart... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] This week, 'Hometown Team' Chicago Opera Theater announced its new season. Lawrence Edelson joins us to unpack the first full season he programmed as the company’s recently appointed General Director... [@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… We have the latest Royal news. Not Kate and William, or Meghan and Harry; it’s the newly-named Royal Ballet and Opera... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the newly-minted general director of Opera Philadelphia: it’s the return of Friend of the Show Anthony Roth Costanzo, reaping the benefits of the OBS bump... [@ 27 min] We dip into the ‘Listener Mailbag’ on your reactions to our recent interview with Extinction Rebellion and the results of our Sweet Sixteen Schools of Singing showdown... [@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Friend of the Show Huw Montague Rendall will sing Billy Budd in Vienna. If you’ve ever wanted to meet Oliver Camacho in person, he will be sleeping outside the Staatsoper for the entire run... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] The opera world says goodbye to the legendary Sir Andrew Davis... [@ 25 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with John Mark Rozendaal, a musician and Extinction Rebellion activist who disrupted the Met’s “Tannhäuser” last winter... [@ 47 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: all aboard the Caballé Express...! GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] Harry Bicket, music director of Santa Fe Opera, takes a ‘Free Throw’ on being pigeonholed as an Early Music specialist. This summer, Maestro Bicket conducts "Don Giovanni"; we ask him to weigh in on his favorite act of a Mozart opera… [@ 19 min] In 'Chalk Talk'... It’s all very well for us to bust a bracket finding the Best School of Music voice program. But what are those departments actually teaching, and how does that relate to what a modern freelance performer actually needs to know…? [@ 39 min] It’s a bonus ‘Free Throw’ from tenor Jonathan Tetelman, making a double debut at the Met, starting this Saturday in "La Rondine"… [@ 49 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… major awards, a scandal (or not) at the NY Phil, budget cuts in Paris, and all hail the Tempo Police... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The Final Four bracket for the Best School for Singing is here. Will a top seed prevail...? [@ 26 min] In 'Listener Mailbag,' PJ and Donald give us a preview of “La Rondine” at the Met, which features the house debut of Friend of the Show Emily Pogorelc... [@ 31 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill,’ we ignore opera completely and talk about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for once...! GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] It’s the East and West regions of the Best School of Music bracket. Who will join IU and UNT in the Final Four? [@ 25 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with baritone Reginald Smith Jr. with the 2021 Cardiff Singer of the World contestant wrapping up his MVP season at Lyric Opera of Chicago as star of Terence Blanchard’s "Champion" and Amonasro in "Aida"... [@ 52 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Voice majors feel seen by Beyoncé... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore