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[@ 3 min] This week, in ‘Chalk Talk’... Is it that time of year already? With the Men’s NCAA March Madness tourney set, the OBS b-ballers create their own bracket to pick the winningest opera composer of the last 300 years… [@ 15 min] And then… Opera Philadelphia has just announced its ‘22-’23 season featuring friends of the show Larry Brownlee and David T. Little, and titles including ‘The Backwards Bohème’ and ‘The Other Otello’… [@ 24 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Artists continue to raise their voices in support of Ukraine while Universal gets out of Russia… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] This week in ‘Chalk Talk’… The OBS critics take a look at the Metropolitan Opera’s recently announced ‘22-‘23 season, including 5 David McVicar shows, 4 new productions, 3 ‘Traviata’ casts, 2 Yoncheva role debuts, and a partridge in a pear tree… [@ 29 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… There is definitely one artist who *won’t* be appearing onstage at Lincoln Center this year… SHOW NOTES & LINKS What did Jonas Kaufmann mean? https://operawire.com/tenor-wolfgang-ablinger-sperrhacke-fires-back-at-jonas-kaufmann-over-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/ GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

There’s really only one thing on our collective minds right now. To give you some relief from the horrific news coming out of Ukraine, the OBS-ers talk about politics in opera. ‘Cause those two things go together like peanuts and Crackerjacks… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Daniela Candillari who was just named principal conductor of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She talks about her very recent conducting debut at the Met on Aucoin’s “Eurydice” and geeks out with Oliver on... a Mozart piano concerto...?! [@ 30 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Cancel culture kills Katherina’s classic co-production, and Central City celebrates a stylish CEO. (Try saying that after three Gin Slings...) SHOW NOTES & LINKS www.danielacandillari.com operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 6 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Mathilda Edge. The rising American lyric-dramatic soprano has already accepted a tenure-track position at Oberlin, just as her singing career is set to launch… [@ 52 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’... Friends of the show abound in the '22-'23 season at Lyric Opera of Chicago, but which one of them will be starring in the Barrie Kosky production of "Fiddler on the Roof"…? SHOW NOTES & LINKS www.mathildaedge.com operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Get ready for Super Bowl LVI happening this Sunday in L.A.! Tenor Scott Ramsay goes 'Inside the Huddle' with the OBS Pack-haters to talk about the highs and lows of singing the national anthem on the gridiron… [@ 25 min] Then, in the ‘Listener Mailbag’... When is an opera not an opera…? [@ 32 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Stage director Hans Neuenfels has died. Don’t remember the name? You’ll definitely remember his production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin”... SHOW LINKS Scott Ramsay: www.scottramsay.net operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The OBS polyrhythmics induct a birthday boy into the OBS "Hall of Fame"… Here’s a hint: He’s an American ComPOser. He’s an American ComPOser. He’s an American Opera ComPOser. He’e an American ComPOser. [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Zubin Mehta unloads some of his shares of Tesla stock so that the Zubin Mehta Hall can have an endowment... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Ashlee kicks off a new segment about the stories behind the musical moments that punctuate sports history… [@ 22 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Never before has a world premiere opera been so on brand for the OBS: “Gods of the Game: a Football Opera”… SHOW NOTES & LINKS John Tesh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_h7Lm7C9Nk SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-uSWAJd9GE Italia '90 opening...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqzz7B7V2IE ...and closing credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sffX9Wrbw9w HGO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOM8IjHWxWI WHAT'S YOUR HOT TAKE? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The Australian Open kicks off and in the early rounds a lot of Australian qualifiers will be eliminated. The OBS brings back its brutal ‘TKO’ segment and offers you an all-Australian match-up... [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Mozart’s birthday is coming up and his gayest opera is getting funding... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@3 min] In 'Chalk Talk'... Opera America asks "What would you put in an opera time capsule?" We answer, "You mean, in addition to pork scratchings?” [@ 24 min] The star of Opera Sarasota’s upcoming production of "Tosca" - American soprano Ann Toomey - goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver… [@ 54 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Tenor Nicky Spence breaks both of his legs. Was it Putin’s GRU...?! SHOW NOTES https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/53056 https://www.sarasotaopera.org/event/tosca https://www.anntoomey.com CONNECT WITH US operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In 'Chalk Talk'... 2021 is in the record books. We take a look back at the most impactful stories of last year… [@ 28 min] In the ‘Listener Mailbag’... Just how DO you explain opera to the layperson...? [@ 37 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Gonzalez-Granados, Lyniv and Yankovskaya all just took steps to becoming opera-house-hold names… SHOW NOTES & LINKS operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2021/12/Features/The_Prototype_Festival_at_10.html gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/lincoln-center-reckoning-its-racist-history/ limelightmagazine.com.au/features/mariusz-kwiecien-back-on-track/ CONNECT WITH US operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

With the OBS crew enjoying a much-earned fortnight off, George shares some of the team's favorite segments from 2021, including going 'Inside the Huddle' with Barbara Hannigan and Will Liverman, and the return of that controversial Euro 2020 of Opera competition... Wherever you are, however you're celebrating the new year... thanks for making opera, and the OBS, part of your listening life! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

With the OBS crew enjoying a much-earned fortnight off, George shares some of the team's favorite segments from 2021, including going 'Inside the Huddle' with Duke Kim and Key'mon Murrah, and the return of that controversial Opera March Madness competition... Wherever you are, however you're celebrating... thanks for making opera, and the OBS, part of your listening life! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] This week… Fresh from conducting Opera NexGen’s “Night Trip”, Donald Lee III goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver to talk about the show’s virtual world premiere and about being the inaugural conductor for the Ryan Opera Center… [@ 22 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… It’s a Drill double header. Everything you need to know from Operaland in the past two weeks, plus George and Weston's hot takes on those stories… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

This week, in ‘Chalk Talk’… Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim died at home in Roxbury, CT, on the day after Thanksgiving. He was 91. The OBS company put together an awards show to celebrate Sondheim’s life and work. No ‘Two Minute Drill’, no ‘Inside the Huddle’, just the first - and last - Sondhy Awards… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] This week... The OBS boomers go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Kyle Ketelsen. The heart-throb American bass-baritone is currently in Austria. Oliver asked him what’s going on with the lockdown and why they’re still rehearsing, but his conversation ended up covering much more... [@ 35 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Friends of the OBS are achieving major accomplishments like getting Grammy nominations and winning the Marian Anderson Vocal award. If you want to take the next step in your career, better get in touch. (Talkin' to you, Yannick…) operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

If you’re a diehard OBS fan, you’re probably listening to this show on Friday morning… as you nurse your gravy hangover. This week, we skip the divisive opera news, and the A-list singers and quarterbacks behaving badly. Instead, we celebrate feasts and family the OBS way, serving up a buffet of works where food and music go together like peas and carrots... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] This week… Chicago is on the clock. It’s the return of the ‘Fantasy Fachball’ segment, as the OBS crew do a real-time, opera singer mock draft to cast the perfect quartet for “Aida”... [Don’t forget to put together your own ‘Fantasy Fachball’ team for “Aida” and, of course, give it a dreadful pun-ny name. Let us know what you’re thinking at operaboxscore@gmail.com, and get an OBS beer coaster and an OBS lapel pin…] [@ 30 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Tommasini is finally hanging up his cleats and the Met is turning the page on the Lepage ring cycle… Next week… We celebrate feasts in opera… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 8 min] This week… The OBS cheeseheads go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Kathryn Henry, the soprano who went from standby to stardom in the world premiere of “The Lord of Cries” at the Santa Fe Opera... [@ 48 min] Then… Well, the OBS team finally saw it: the Barrie Kosky production of "TheMagic Flute”. And that also means the return of Monday Evening Quarterback… [@ 57 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Elina Garanča announces that she has grown neither horns nor wings, and we get to the bottom of why exactly opera singers don’t deafen each other onstage… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] This week… A heroic coloratura soprano is inducted posthumously into the OBS Hall of Fame. (Sorry, Gruberova fans. We thought we had so much time left with this legendary artist…) [@ 36 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… While the Drill took a break for the Hallowe’en Spooktacular, both Operalia and a Trade-News-apalooza happened… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore