Opera Box Score

[@ 2 min] We revisit our (virtual) Summer 2021 opera road trip when we stopped in Knoxville for a special ‘Hall of Fame’... [@ 34 min] PJ is back with a ‘Listener Mailbag’ report from “The Flying Dutchman” at the Met… [@ 38 min] It’s a blast from the past with Oliver’s Summer 2022 trip to Santa Fe to get Ryan Speedo Green ‘Inside the Huddle’… We’re back with an all-new show on Thursday, June 8th…...

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with soprano Whitney Morrison , the Chicago native who created the role of Yasmine Miller in Daniel Bernard Roumain and Anna Deveare Smith’s “The Walkers” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where Whitney is the company’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence… [@ 28 min] It’s not a field report from our friend PJ!, but from George at the 2023 Opera America conference in Pittsbur...

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with American bass-baritone Ryan McKinny , who will reprise his role as Joseph De Rocher when “Dead Man Walking” finally makes its Met debut next season. Oliver talks to Ryan about that Jake Heggie opera, as well the Heggie piece he’ll tour with “Music of Remembrance”… [@ 27 min] In ‘Free Throw’… Apple Classical. Weston. ‘Nuff said… [@ 35 min] Plus, in the ‘Two...

[@ 2 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, Matt and Weston make you grateful that - whatever your issues are with your mother - at least she isn’t Clytemnestra… [@ 34 min] Then, ‘Listener Mailbag’ entries abound from NYC… [@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… “ Can we live without the phone for just one damn hour? ”… We’re back with an all-new show next week when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone Ryan...

[@ 3 min] Imagine the best sports contest ever. Now imagine that turned into an opera. In our ‘Sportzando!' segment, we reveal what we’re imagining… [@ 26 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… it’s Ladies Night at the BBC Prom s… We’re off next week for the annual OBS Office Retreat and Team Building Exercises (yikes!) but we’re back on Thursday, May 11 with an all-new show. Join us… GET YOUR VOICE...

[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with stage director, cinematographer, and Friend of the Show Marcus Shields to get a peek behind the curtain of Ivo van Hove’s new-to-the-Met production of “Don Giovanni”… [@ 35 min] And then, from the ‘Listener Mailbag’… PJ gives his ringside report on the Met ’s production of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”... [@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Did Ang...

[@ 8 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Matthew Principe, Director of Innovation at Detroit Opera and Director of Livestreams at Boston Baroque , to talk about the Mets! No, not that Met. And no, not the museum, either… [@ 32 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  Opera Wrocław celebrates Mariusz Kwiecien’s birthday… SHOW NOTES www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/36135621/champion-opera-emile-griffith...

[@ 4 min] In an act of true sportsmanship, we introduce you to a rival podcaster: Daniel Gundlach, host and producer of Countermelody . He may be our foe, but he deserves your compassion, all Ted Lasso-like… [@ 29 min] And then… PJ checks in from NYC, having taken his son to “ Lohengrin ”. Man, that guy has guts… [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Ring Cycle is going down under. Find...

[@ 4 min] Baseball’s Opening Day is here already, and the games will be shorter. We ‘Crunch the Numbers’ on how the MLB and the MET are responding to audiences with less time to spare and shorter attention spans… [@ 22 min] And then… We predict the winner of the Men’s NCAA Final Four the OBS way. You’re gonna do some spelling  and you’re gonna feel mighty nice … [@ 35 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill...

[@ 12 min] The English Choral Tradition: is it Misogynist? Is it Harmful? Is it Ageist? Countertenor, choral director, and Friend of the Show Christopher Lowrey has a surprising and galvanizing take in ‘Free Throw’… [@ 25 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Don’t bully Norma or she’ll do something terrible to your kids. Find out who else is PO’d and how much it’s going to cost the Met … We’re back wit...

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with composer Justine F. Chen , whose “ The Life and Deaths of Alan Turing ”, with a libretto by David Simpatico, gets its world premiere in Chicago… [@ 28 min] And then… Apple Music takes a bite out of the classical market… [@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The BBC is rolling out its "irreversible, catastrophically damaging plans" for classi...

[@ 4 min] It’s that time of year, already… ‘Spring Training for Your Ears’ gets you back in shape with a slate of singers, composers and directors to level up your listening and viewing… [@ 40 min] And then… We open the ‘Listener Mailbag’ for the latest from “official” correspondent PJ… [@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… You’ll never guess which fan favorite Barrie Kosky takes on next (an...

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with countertenor beefcake Randall Scotting to talk about Senesino, Lute Song, and weightlifting… [@ 30 min] The Met ’s '23-'24 season is out. There’s at least one name missing from the roster and it rhymes with Schmildar Schmadbrazakov… [@ 47 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… yeah, yeah, we didn't forget Opera Philadelphia and their season announce...

[@ 4 min] We induct a diva from Harlem - who is indisputably the quickest wit in opera - into the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’… [@ 42 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill has reached all the way to the concert hall . Welcome to the Free State of Florida, folks… [@ 50 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… When was the last time you slept in an opera box …? We’re back with an all-new show next week when w...

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Andrew Morstein , who is set to star in Odyssey Opera ’s upcoming production of “Awakenings”. The opera is by Tobias Picker, and Andrew reveals that he and Tobias are both members of a very exclusive club… [@ 38 min] It’s another ‘Listener Mailbag’ field report from PJ, who has a pro tip on how YOU can change your world… [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute...

[@ 3 min] Hurts. Mahomes. Lanza. Ramey. We handicap Super Bowl LVII teams Philly and KC based on their hustle on the opera stage… [@ 21 min] The gold paint is still wet on Sunday night’s trophies. Viola Davis is EGOT-ed and Beyoncé has finally won more Grammys than Sir Georg Solti… [@ 31 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… George would do anything for the Villa Verdi , but he won’t do THAT... We’re ba...

[@ 6 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Kerriann Otaño , VP of Engagement at Opera Delaware, about getting shushed in her own opera house… [@ 30 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… It’s the most underwhelming event in sports: the NFL Pro Bowl. Let’s see if the OBS crew can liven things up a bit… [@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden is in the news… Wiesbaden? More like Wi...

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with conductor Gil Rose , founder of Odyssey Opera and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project . The companies just completed the second run of John Corigliano’s “Lord of Cries” and are preparing the East Coast premiere of the Oliver Sacks opera “ Awakenings ”… [@ 34 min] In the ‘Listener Mailbag’… A field report on the American Opera Initiative … [@ 37 min] In the...

[@ 4 min] Boom… ‘Sportzando!’ returns with a round-up of the most iconic stadium anthems and why sports fans love ‘em… [@ 31 min] And then… Everyone’s a critic. Our ‘Listener Mailbag’ reveals a tween’s take on opera… [@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Sigh.  Plácido Domingo faces new accusations of misconduct… We’re back with an all-new show next week when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with G...

[@ 3 min] The Metropolitan Opera is reducing performances and dipping into its endowment to survive. We ‘Crunch the Numbers’ to see if these tactics will swell the coffers… [@ 26 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, it's our predictions for Operaland in 2023. (You know, we’ve got a good track record for predictions…) [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Met and Glyndebourne might be in trouble, b...

[@ 5 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with Heinz Field and PPG Paints Arena anthem singer Graham Fandrei to talk all things opera as part of his Postcard from Pittsburgh… [@ 27 min] And then… John Brancy returns to the OBS to take a ‘Free Throw’ on a shameful industry norm for our operatic athletes during their away games… [@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Limmie Pulliam makes hi...

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’... It’s the OBS’s patented method for predicting the winner of the Men’s FIFA World Cup . Have we ever led you wrong…? [@ 28 min] And then… We intercept a letter from slate.com ’s Agony Aunt “Dear Prudence” and respond to how you shut up an opera singer who is trying to turn your wedding into a gig… {@ 33 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Paint splashed on La Scala an...

[@ 2 min] It’s our new segment ‘View from the Pit’, when we roll up our sleeves and get down and dirty with the best grinders in the business: instrumentalists playing in opera house orchestra pits.  We chat with Metropolitan Opera Principal Trumpet David Krauss about the Triumphal March from “Aida”, and about his own podcast “ Speaking Soundly ”... [@ 24 min] Then, in ‘Chalk Talk’… It’s our recap...

[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ to catch up with director librettist Amy Stebbins and composer Hauke Berheide - a team who haven’t been on the OBS since the Before Times - to find out how they used the pandemic as inspiration for new opera forms in Germany… [@ 25 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Grammy Noms are in and, continuing with the decline of opera recordings, our category is t...

[@ 2 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with ​​Megan Gillis, the co-founder and executive director of City Lyric Opera in New York City, to talk about “Uncovered”, the company’s current world premiere production… [@ 19 min] And then… it’s another 'Listener Mailbag' (but not from the Bronx): intermission at the Met ’s “Don Carlo”… [@ 24 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Hooligans and heck...