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Well, Team OBS might be wrapping up their summer vacations, but they've still got a show for you... [@ 4 min] Oliver and Matt revisit going 'Inside the Huddle' with tenor Benjamin Bernheim… [@ 32 min] Then, Matt and Oliver rejoin tenor Lawrence Brownlee 'Inside the Huddle'... Next week, on Wednesday, September 15, the OBS returns for Season Seven - count ‘em! - at 9 pm CT on TDO Network… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Well, Team OBS might be wrapping up their summer vacations, but they've still got a show for you... [@ 2 min] Oliver and Ashlee revisit going 'Inside the Huddle' with Fort Worth Opera General Director Afton Battle... [@ 28 min] Then, Ashlee and Oliver rejoin soprano Christine Goerke 'Inside the Huddle'... Our best-of, podcast-only, summer listening series continues next week with a tag team of tenors... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with soprano Ying Fang. They talk about singing Mozart, and why you should be more like Susanna… [@ 28 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Save the drama for your mama, ‘cause there’s lots of it this week... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 1 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the summer road trip goes into its fourth round, as Oliver files a field report from Sante Fe Opera... [@ 18 min] Then, Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Duke Kim. Find out how Oliver’s new tenor crush used the pandemic to work on his 3-pointers... [@ 41 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, another opera company joins the vaxx vox populi... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The OBS bikers continue our summer opera road trip - having visited Dallas and Kansas City - by stopping in Knoxville, TN, with a special inductee into the ‘OBS Hall of Fame’... [@ 36 min] And then… They reach into the Listener Mailbag and pull out an S-E-C-ya-later question… [@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… No kids at the opera? Father-of-two George thinks that’s a marvellous idea... Next week... Oliver files a field report from Santa Fe Opera... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Call it Olympic Fever… We had some technical difficulties this week which meant postponing our show… But the OBS team are back at it on Wednesday, August 11, when they complete their summer city trifecta of episodes: Dallas, Kansas City, and now Knoxville, Tennessee, with a special three-part ‘OBS Hall of Fame’… And then… The OBS diggers dig into the ‘Listener Mailbag’ for something that Ashlee can really dig her teeth into... Plus…. In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… NO KIDS AT THE OPERA…! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 6 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Tenor Aaron Short joins the show as a guest, along with some hack called Tobias Wright. The reunited crew look at 2021’s biggest sports stories and imagine their opera parallels... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… What do Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, and bass-baritone Justino Diaz have in common? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver and George go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Eric Smith and Miguel Cantú from the American Baroque Opera Company to find out what is the only human endeavor more expensive than war… [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  if you plan on going to the Met, you better plan on having your proof of vaccination (in addition to your ascot and opera glasses, obvs)… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Novak Djokovic won this year’s men’s Wimbledon finals, giving him a total of twenty Grand Slam titles, tying both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in big wins. We take a look at three baritones who are tied in greatness, but bring very different qualities to their game... [@ 37 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Black Opera Alliance hands out a red card to Tulsa Opera, and we hand one out to Opera Australia... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk”… The European Football Championships are down to just four teams.  The OBS players, along with special guest maestro Anthony Barrese, pick winners based on the opera prowess of the remaining four countries... [@ 33 min] And then, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  Good news from New York: the Prototype Festival is coming back.  And, oh yeah, so is the Met… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] The OBS blazers get ready for Independence Day by lighting up some vocal fireworks in the Great American Coloratura Competition... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Things not so pretty in France… or New Zealand… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… An NFL player just came out as gay, while the OBS DEs celebrate PRIDE with a look at gayness in opera. (Wait, isn’t that redundant?) [@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The OBS team talks about winners in Cardiff and France, but not in Scotland… Next week, June 30, we work through the Euro2020 bracket, predicting winners based on countries' opera prowess… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] It’s the end of an era as you know it… Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Magda Krance, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s veteran Director of Media Relations, who retired her jersey last week after thirty years of promoting vocal fireworks… and putting out fires… [@ 41 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Would you want to be quarantined in a hotel with the Singers of the World? And just how would you stage an opera without anyone touching…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… Zoom operas ushered in a new era of pandemic entertainment.  But how has the art form of opera-as-film changed over the last year, and how will it change opera altogether? The OBS critics screen a few recent examples of this evolving musico-dramatic language to find out what the present looks like and what the future might hold... [@ 46 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  Move over QAnon Shaman, there’s a new set of Brünnhilde horns at the Capitol... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

As they recover from Memorial Day weekend, the OBS boozers put aside the yellow cards, the red cards, and the AGMA negotiations. You can sit back and enjoy a holiday-length one-on-one with mezzo-soprano (and deluxe trouser role specialist) Kate Lindsey… Next week, the OBSers take a deep dive into opera-as/in/on-film… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, it’s the second part of a doubleheader on opera’s rebound from the pandemic. Your OBS team picks four season announcements that just might be the pacecar for other opera houses this fall... [@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, it’s Madame Butterfly Cancel Culture. Yeah, the OBS-ers are just going to say “cancel culture”, until it doesn't mean anything anymore… Next week, OBS goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with American mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… The OBS team asks just if, when, and how, exactly, opera will bounce back, post-pandemic. What needs to happen now in order to build back opera better? [@ 29 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’…  The Met actually made an agreement with a union! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the OBS team commemorates Asian Heritage Month by spotlighting some of the biggest players on the scene today, with a bespoke playlist here... https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh8CWvrqTi1XP2Jk5yD_lYi1FEf2Lxccx [@ 45 min] Then, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the finalists for the Met National Council auditions are named, the Black Opera Alliance gathers signatories for its pledge, and the 2020 International Opera Awards are handed out... virtually… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Barbara Hannigan goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to give Weston and Oliver the post-pandemic singer’s playbook, to introduce her young artist initiative called Momentum, and to argue why streaming is here to stay... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the starting lineup is announced for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Will Kosovo be this year’s front runner…? And the OBS is back with an all-new show on May 12 when the team spotlights Asian artists you should know… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

A bonus episode featuring Amanda Forsythe who went 'Inside the Huddle' with Oliver to discuss holding an audience’s attention during a set change, singing super fast coloratura, and favoring being an entertainer over being historically accurate. This interview originally aired on WFMT 98.7 in Chicago. Playlist George Frideric Handel: Almira, HWV 1 Act II, "Der Himmel wird straffen dein falsches Gemüht" Act III, "Quillt, ihr überhäuften Zähren" Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, directors from Boston Early Music Festival's complete recording of Almira CPO 555205-2 Agostino Steffani: "Occhi belli, non più" with Colin Balzer, tenor Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, directors from Boston Early Music Festival's Agostino Steffani: Duets of Love and Passion CPO 555135-2 Johann Gottlieb Graun: "O Dio, Fileno" Opera Prima Cristiano Contadin, viola da gamba and direction from Opera Prima's J. G. Graun: Cantatas & Viola da Gamba Concerto