Opera Box Score

[@ 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/obs...

[@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 hi...

[@ 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...

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 lis...

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!op...