Opera Box Score

[@ 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...

[@ 6 min] George goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ for a double header with two of the team behind “Gods of the Game”, the football opera that opened at Grange Park Opera in England. The discussion kicks off with company’s founder and chief executive Wasfi Kani and concludes with cast member Milly Forrest… [@ 33 min] Friend of the Show Larry Brownlee takes a ‘Free Throw’ on the comic-tragic role of Rameau’...

[@ 3 min] On 10/30, opera’s biggest competition crowned this year’s winners. On 10/31, Classical Singer Forum replaced the face of the competition’s creator with that of Harvey Weinstein, congratulating “opera Institutions who remain complicit with sexual predators.” Will you, our beloved and woke OBS listeners, now *also* be complicit for learning the results of Operalia 2022 …? [@ 24 min] In the...

[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Eric Einhorn, Artistic Director of On Site Opera - America’s leading presenter of site-specific operas in non-traditional venues - which just celebrated its 10th anniversary. We’ll find out how they plan to use all of the aluminum gifts they’ve received in their upcoming production of “Il Tabarro”… [@ 24 min] And then… It’s the annual Hallowe’en Spooktacula...

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Opera Southwest Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Anthony Barrese to look behind the mask of the company’s upcoming world premiere of Héctor Armienta’s opera “Zorro”... [@ 25 min] What’s the best NFL intro ever?  On ‘ Sportzando! ’, we figure out which TV station has the most pee-your-pants-exciting pre-game NFL theme… [@ 44 min] In the ‘Two Minute...

[@ 3 min] Oliver and Ashlee go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the *queen* of the "Queen of the Night", Kathryn Lewek . The American soprano is about to embark on a six-city season, including a stop in Chicago... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Maria Manetti Schrem GM Peter Gelb is "left on read" by Christian Thieleman , and "fantastiche" news from Diana Damrau ... We’...

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Ashlee looks past your Patricks Mahomes and your Toms Brady to spotlight some of opera’s linemen, and how those unsung heroes are the key to winning the game… [@ 30 min] And then… A field report from the O Festival at Opera Philadelphia , and the return of ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ on “Fiddler on the Roof” at Lyric Opera of Chicago ... [@ 42 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Min...

[@ 3 min] Season Eight is a season of firsts. Last week, we had an administrator from the Marketing Suite on the show. This week, we induct the first bass into the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’… [@ 42 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… A PR storm surrounds Sondra Radvanovsky just as she is set to sing the stormy Medea to kick-off the Met ’s season.  Also: apparently nobody can afford tickets to anything …...

[@ 2 min] Festival O22 has arrived, and it has nothing to do with Oprah.  We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Opera Philadelphia ’s Frank Luzi for a play-by-play on one of the season’s biggest events… [@ 33 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… it's Richard Tucker Gala season. What will Timothée Chalamet be wearing this time? operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] Season Eight of the OBS kicks off with the return of Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen , our first three-peat ‘Inside the Huddle’ champ… [@ 33 min] Then, Baylor Bear countertenor Michael Skarke takes a few ‘Free Throws’ on Monteverdi, “The Coronation of Poppea”, and the sad sack role of Ottone, which he sings with Haymarket Opera later this month… [@ 47 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Just when...

[@ 5 min] It’s the Season 7 finale of the OBS, with another double-play from Oliver’s trip to Santa Fe Opera . He goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Ryan Speedo Green to talk about the bass-baritone’s debut at the festival on the heels of recovering from Covid… [@ 46 min] And Oliver also gets mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard to take a few ‘Free Throws’ in our brand-new, short-form segment… [@ 58 min] And t...

[@ 7 min] It’s a double-play from Oliver’s trip to Santa Fe… First up, soprano Alexandra LoBianco goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk about what you should do while waiting for your dramatic voice to ripen, and all the good vibrations we feel when we sing… [@ 38 min] And then, it’s our new segment: ‘Free Throw’… (It’s so new, Norm is still practicing how to announce it.) Composer Huang Ruo fires back...

This week… Oliver comes back from Santa Fe with four fabulous interviews. And Covid. So those highlights are gonna have to wait till next week… Instead, the OBS crew gets seriously sports-talk-radio on this episode and hits the ‘Two Minute Drill’ hard, talking about nothing but news, stats, and stars. And Grace Bumbry … operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] This week… in the OBS ‘Hall of Fame’, we dive into the career and legacy of the greatest dramatic soprano born in 20th century Sweden (whose name doesn’t rhyme with “Schmear-git Hilsson”)… [@ 48 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… A different Swedish soprano is inducted into a German Hall of Fame, a place less exclusive than the OBS ‘HOF’… operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operab...

[@ 4 min] Librettist Lila Palmer and stage director Chloe Treat go ‘Inside the Huddle to talk about the world premiere of a secular opera (with music by Damian Geter) about a biblical event: the Annunciation. The show just opened at the Glimmerglass Festival and couldn’t have come at a better time, because, you know, it’s about a woman consenting to give birth... [@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minut...

[@ 3 min] It’s a 2-point conversion when the OBS scores an interview with MacArthur “Don’t-say-the-G-word” Fellow Matthew Aucoin . The composer, conductor, and author goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver to talk about his breakthrough opera “Eurydice”, and to come to the defense of that dreadful ballet sequence in “La Traviata”... [@ 39 min] And then… Should all seats be created equal in the opera...