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Five Scarlattis Deep! ft. Sir Emanuele Andrizzi
[@ 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…
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The Solti Sound!
[@ 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…
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A Positive Swing! ft. Mané Galoyan
[@ 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…
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Bad Dad, Good Dad! ft. Julian Prégardien
[@ 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…
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Meet Me in St. Louis! ft. Paul Groves and Andrew Jorgensen
[@ 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’…
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Replay: Huw Montague Rendall & Remembering Renata Scotto
[@ 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…
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The United Nations of Opera! ft. Khori Dastoor
[@ 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…
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[Kathleen] Battle Royale!
[@ 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…
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The Ballet Episode! ft. Lawrence Edelson
[@ 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…
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Queerbait Casting! ft. Anthony Roth Costanzo
[@ 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…
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The SAD News Train ft. Extinction Rebellion
[@ 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…
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Bicket, Tetelman, Cederquist & Hardgrave
[@ 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…
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The Boilermäkelers!
[@ 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…
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Bruins vs. Baritones! ft. Reginald Smith, Jr.
[@ 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'…
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The Village vs. The Factory! ft. Lucas Meachem
[@ 3 min] March Madness is here! In 'Chalk Talk', we work through a bracket of our own to pick the top school of music in the country… [@ 26 min] Baritone…
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Freediving with Hera Hyesang Park!
[@ 4 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with Hera Hyesang Park. The South Korean soprano’s sophomore album was just released and she tells us about how she was…
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No Such Thing as Perfection! ft. Sylvia McNair
[@ 3 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with an icon of American opera, early music… and cabaret? It’s soprano Sylvia McNair... [@ 28 min] In the ‘Two Minute…
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Three Queens! ft. Francesca Zambello, Kathryn Lewek, and Isabel Leonard
We kick off Women’s History Month with a replay of three our of favorite interviews with female artists... [@ 2 min] Francesca Zambello shares her philosophy…
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So Many Heart Throbs! ft. Enrique Mazzola and Anthony Barrese
[@ 3 min] 2024 being a leap year not only means it’s an Olympiad, but also a Rossini birthday year. To celebrate his 56th (!) birthday, we’ll do some 'Spring…
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O is for Opera!
[@ 2 min] Ashlee couldn’t get an interview with Kermit the Frog, but she does have a segment all about the intersection between the Muppets and opera! (Hot…
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Welcome to the Opera! ft. Carolyn Sloan
[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with children’s book author Carolyn Sloan whose new picture book “Welcome to the Opera”, much to our surprise, does NOT use…
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Lucia di Tuscaloosa! ft. Reginald Mobley
[@ 2 min] The Met has now staged two operas, in working-class middle America, to “mixed” reviews. Were these bold artistic choices a bid to shake up elite…
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An Impassioned Defense of Cricket! ft. Melissa Dunphy
[@ 5 min] We go 'Inside the Huddle' with composer Melissa Dunphy to excavate 250 years of Philadelphia history, discovering broken pottery, the music of…
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Defend the Don (Giovanni)! ft. Jonathan Cohen
[@ 4 min] Can’t wait to find out who’ll win the AFC and NFC conferences? In 'Chalk Talk', we pick the Super Bowl contenders with our patented opera prediction…
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The Triumph of Goodness! ft. Jack Swanson and Alessandro Corbelli
[@ 5 min] Tenor Jack Swanson goes ‘Inside the Huddle’. The young American bel canto specialist has already debuted at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, and won…
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The Mercedes Jean Jacket! ft. Briana Hunter
[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Briana Hunter. The American mezzo-soprano is accomplished stage actress and a champion of new works, making her a…
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2023 Replay! ft. David Alden, Kerriann Otaño, and Marcus Shields
Happy New Year from the OBS Team! We'll be back with an all-new episode on Thursday, January 11, 2024... Please enjoy this replay of three of our favorite…
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2023 In Review!
It’s a full house for our last new episode of 2023! We wrap things up with the best and worst from Operaland over the past year, including trends…
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Marlena Malas, a Monument ft. John Relyea
[@ 4 min] Canadian-American bass John Relyea goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with us from Rome where he just completed a run in the title role of Boito’s…
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The Lucha Leche League! ft. Maya Kherani
[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Maya Kherani. In addition to being a rare example of a soprano of South Asian descent who has gained traction in the…
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For Unto Us a Barihunk! is Born ft. Francesca Zambello
[@ 4 min] Legendary stage director and Intendantin Francesca Zambello goes 'Inside the Huddle' to share her philosophy on how to make an opera company an…
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SprechstimmeCenter!
It’s a special, all-clips, holiday episode for you, dear listener. Whether you’re stuffing a turkey or waiting in baggage claim, find out which moments in…
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Wicked, the Opera! ft. Aaron Sheehan
[@ 3 min] It’s awards season! Grammy nominations are in; so are the International Opera Awards winners. Find out who’s cashing in on the OBS bump this year……
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The Shirley Verrett Biopic Starring Angela Bassett! ft. Lise Davidsen
[@ 5 min] As Lidiya Yankovskaya prepares to step down as Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater, we take a look at some of the ‘Swings and Misses’ of her…
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The DM and The Champ! ft. Alex DeSocio and Ryan Speedo Green
[@ 2 min] After an injury sidelined Alex DeSocio from a college football career, the baritone turned to the most logical alternative: opera. His young career…
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Gilda in a Sack, the Hallowe’en Spooktacular!
[@ 3 min] It’s the annual Hallowe’en Spooktacular, the scary and shocking moments of opera that will have you lose your head… [@ 46 min] In the ‘Listener…
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Pride of the Pods, The Fightin’ OBS Band! ft. Rolando Villazón
[@ 3 min] It’s a Band Geek Edition of 'Sportzando!' Say. No. More. [@ 31 min] And then... I don’t know how we pulled it off, but we have a 'Free Throw' with…
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Twi-Night of the Gods! ft. Luca Pisaroni and Robert Watson
[@ 5 min] It's an ‘Inside the Huddle’ is a double-header! First up, in the middle of rehearsals for “The Barber of Seville” at LA Opera, it’s the dreamy…
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Unsuitable for Children! ft. John Brancy and Lisette Oropesa
[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with John Brancy in London, where he's reprising his role as the Artisan & Collector in George Benjamin’s “Picture a Day…
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Bringing Fire to Chicago!
[@ 4 min] In our new segment, ‘Swings & Misses’, we look at the best and worst decisions from Operaland, starting with the home runs and strikeouts of Anthony…
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Tap Dance of the Seven Veils!
We go 'Inside the Huddle' with soprano Amanda Majeski. The tap-dancing Mozart 'n' Strauss diva is from Illinois and lives in Wisconsin. You'll be shocked when…
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Mixed Doubles! ft. Ana María Martínez, Kiera Duffy, Christian Van Horn, & Will Liverman
[@ 7 min] Season 9 of the OBS begins with a mixed doubles ‘Inside the Huddle’ when FOUR artists join us to preview Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23... [@ 57…
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One from the Archives! ft. Ying Fang
We dive into the OBS archives for a highlight from Season 6 when we went ‘Inside the Huddle’ with soprano Ying Fang… We’re back with an all-new show on…
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Extreme Heat — the season finale!
[@ 3 min] It’s transition season in sports and on the OBS… We let you know what’s new on this season’s college football gridiron, we handicap the men’s draw of…
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The End of an Era: Opera News and Renata Scotto
[@ 4 min] She was More Than a Diva, and now she enters the OBS Hall of Fame. It’s our tribute to the late, great Renata Scotto… [@ 36 min] In a blow to…
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OnlyConductors! ft. Huw Montague Rendall
[@ 4 min] The Women’s World Cup is down to its final four teams, and we’re here to pick a winner, based on a head-to-head clash between each country’s greatest…
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Die Rosenkavaliere! ft. Samantha Hankey & Susan Graham
[@ 3 min] It’s a double-header on Oktavian when we go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Samantha Hankey, star of the Met’s recent production of “Der Rosenkavalier”… and…
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Yakety Sax! ft. Raehann Bryce-Davis
[@ 3 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, whose electrifying sense of fearlessness shines whether she’s onstage or…
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Bayreuthenheimer! ft. Patrick Dupré Quigley
[@ 3 min] Hot off the presses, Patrick Dupré Quigley has been named Artistic Director Designate of D.C.’s Opera Lafayette, with his first obstacle going…
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Despina vs. Susanna!
[@ 3 min] It’s an epic three-act ‘TKO’… the OBS team takes to the ice to settle, once and for all, that eternal question: what IS the best single act of a…
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That’s How I Beat Shaq! ft. Morris Robinson
[@ 3 min] You may know Morris Robinson as *the* former-All-American-college-defensive-lineman-turned-bass, but when he goes ‘Inside the Huddle’, you’ll learn…
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American Opera League Trading Cards: The Return!
As Team OBS takes the week off for the Fourth, enjoy a rerun of our Independence Day show from last year, when we launched 'Singer Trading Cards', a look at…
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Heldenmommy Emerita!
[3 min] The Santa Fe Opera’s current season starts this weekend, and we get a field report, but not from PJ... [9 min] It’s bonus content from Oliver’s recent…
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Eurovision Meets Opera! ft. David Alden
[@ 3 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Olivier-award winning stage director David Alden, who is creating a new production of “The Flying Dutchman” for the…
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Don't Cancel Handel! ft. Jonathan Woody
[@ 4 min] Live from the Boston Early Music Festival, Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with Jonathan Woody. The bass-baritone and composer just wrapped up…
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A Kaija Saariaho Tribute!
[@ 4 min] We induct the latest-departed great composer into the OBS HOF… [@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill”... Dude, where’s our Music Director? GET YOUR…
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Summer and Speedo!
[@ 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…
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Room to Grow! ft. Whitney Morrison
[@ 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…
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The Dead Man Walking Diet! ft. Ryan McKinny
[@ 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…
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Elektra Complex, or The Mother’s Day Episode!
[@ 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]…