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[@ 4 min] Get your Copland fanfare ready! The OBS crew induct - posthumously, this time - a mezzo-soprano into the hallowed corridors of the OBS Hall of Fame... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: the New York Public Library gets a huge opera donation... Team OBS is back with an all-new show next week featuring soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan ‘Inside the Huddle’… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Verdi baritone and gentle giant Quinn Kelsey goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Ashlee and Oliver to talk about singing traditional Hawai’ian music for an operatic kanikapila and preparing for Scarpia at Opera Philadelphia... [@ 30 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’…. One year into the pandemic, the OBS team look at some of the most striking innovations in opera, including new media, do-it-yourself music-making, alternative, pandemic-resistant venues, and… trucks…? [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Dude goes to conduct in Paris, and the city of Madrid awards its Medal of Gold to an opera administrator... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Maestro Enrico Lopez-Yañez goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Weston and Oliver. The Mexican-American conductor is slated to conduct Chicago Opera Theater’s season finale, but is also the star of his own space pirate web series... [@ 30 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, big money lands in L.A., while Jonathan Dove’s opera ‘Flight’ takes off in Seattle... The OBS back with an all-new show next week when baritone Quinn Kelsey goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ to talk Verdi, Hawai’i and other things ending in the letter “i”, plus you get more opera headlines, more hot takes and the return of Ashlee Hardgrave! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] By the time you get this episode, one of opera’s most powerful gatekeepers will be managing a publicity crisis thanks to our pal Zach Finkelstein and another one of his highly researched investigative articles for MiddleClassArtist.com… [@ 26 min] By the time you get this episode, the men’s NCAA champ will be crowned. Here on the OBS, we’re working our way through the Final Four of the Operaland bracket to pick one dark horse opera to become part of the standard rep... (And a playlist here: https://bit.ly/3dGwYBs) [@ 56 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’: Opera Australia takes a page out the Met’s union negotiation playbook... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] For the last episode in Women’s History Month, the OBS has an exclusive interview with the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Opera Center. Carrie-Ann Matheson goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Matt and Oliver to lay out the gameplan for her young Merolini and Adler charges… [@ 27 min] The OBS soothsayers play through the Operaland March Madness bracket to the Final Four. Did your pick go the distance...? [@ 52 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’: the OBS bump helps out yet again… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The OBS ballers dribble you through the other two regions of the Operaland March Madness bracket - Classical and Romantic - all leading up to the grand finale next week... [@ 26 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: exit stage right James Levine, plus Tulsa Opera cancels a commission by a Black composer written to commemorate the Tulsa Massacre... Plus, next week, San Francisco Opera Center’s new Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson joins us ‘Inside the Huddle’...! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The musical highlight of awards season, the 2021 Grammys were handed out last Sunday. In 'MEQ', the OBSers recap the winners from Operaland... [@ 12 min] Also last Sunday, teams for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments were chosen. Over the next three shows, the OBS pundits put together a bracket for you. Who made the cut into the Operaland playoffs...? [@ 32 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... At long last, someone’s invented an effective mask for opera singers that ISN’T attractive... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Soprano Mireille Asselin goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver Camacho, as they nerd out on baroque opera, ornamentation, and gesture, as well as dive into Mireille’s upcoming show for Tapestry Opera that's 50% recital, 50% story-telling, and 100% Canadian... [@ 37 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... What’s giving Ashlee nightmares this week? It’s not the imminent success of Season 3 of OBS rival podcast Aria Code... or is it...?! operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with pianist Chris Reynolds who reveals how he plans to be a change agent within the GWM opera mafia... (And check out Chris’ opera playlist at bit.ly/309NzqV…) [@ 54 min] ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ returns when the OBS Jedis review an animated version of “The Magic Flute” featuring a particularly… Force-ful… Tamino... [@ 1 hour 3 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Hey, let’s commit to producing a full “Ring” cycle in the middle of a pandemic... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] The OBS skaters go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Key’mon Murrah. The countertenor is on a fast rise to stardom after participating in a public masterclass with Joyce DiDonato and winning a series of competitions. Oliver asks about the viral video he made with his twin brother, and for the first time on OBS, a guest curates a playlist [bit.ly/2P4SHud] for y'all, the fans... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Sonya Yoncheva receives The Keys to The City! Find out which one... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with conductor Alexandra Enyart as she discusses her new role on the Artistic Advisory Council of the American Opera Project, serves as the go-to conductor for Laura Kaminsky’s opera “As One”, and explains the Great Banjo Wars of 2020... [@ 26 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, the jig is up for German music critic Andreas Laska. Middle Class Artist.com has blown the case wide open. Is the pokey next for Laska…? [@ 36 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Zachary James is the newest star of TDO Network. Will he take the tiara from the Fab Five of OBS…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 6 min] It’s Valentine’s Day this week, and your panel of OBS hunks advises you on what operatic love music you should be listening to in order to get into that romantic mood. Don’t worry, we’re not talking about “Tristan und Isolde”. The OBS heartthrobs dig a little deeper to curate the perfect soundtrack (which you can listen to here: https://bit.ly/3a5515H) for however you plan to spend the night… [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill”… the union drama at the Met continues, and a different kind of drama unfolds at Opera Australia with… Nicole Kidman…? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] This week… The OBS Hall of Fame is back, but this time it’s the Hall of Shame. Weston and Matt induct a singer who’s one of the greatest of all time. But can a neutered goat still be called a G.O.A.T.? [@ 12 min] But first… With the Chiefs and Bucs set to collide in Super Bowl LV, the OBS bruisers tackle the Big Game through opera glasses, and offer a few betting tips... [@ 48 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... As proof that the OBS bump really works, Friends of the Show Brenda Rae and Anthony Roth Costanzo have won this year’s Beverly Sills Artist Award... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] It’s a tag team interview with the composer and the star of a new film version of “Soldier Songs” at Opera Philadelphia, as the OBS platoon go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with David T. Little and baritone Johnathan McCullough… [@ 43 min] Did you have a nice inauguration? Did you enjoy the singing? In ‘Chalk Talk”, the OBS quorum chimes in about what music they’d like to have after one of them runs for president… [@ 1 h 11 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Middle Class Artist dot com?  More like Middle Class Artist dot bomb! Zach Finkelstein investigates a predatory online voice competition... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’… BIPOC artists are challenging NYIOP’s application fees - on the grounds of racial and socio-economic inequity - through an open letter on Middle Class Artist.com... [@ 18 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with America’s favorite baritone Will Liverman. The Met’s first Black Papageno will be profiled in the February issue of Opera News... [@ 46 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... It's a new regular mini-feature called ‘Red Card, Yellow Card’, recapping which houses are closed or open for business… NEXT WEEK: Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with composer David T. Little and baritone/director Johnathan McCullough of Opera Philadelphia’s film version of Little’s opera ‘Soldier Songs’… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 7 min] Friend-of-the-show Zachary James posted a wake-up call on social media saying “Let’s immediately stop doing business like we are still in the old world." The OBS goobers take his advice to heart and talk business about the future of opera in 2021... [@ 25 min] Oliver and George go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Joachim Schamberger, Director of Opera at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and the director / video editor of the web-series “Orfeo Remote”... [@ 50 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Dr. Fauci predicts the return of theater this fall, but said nothing about opera. Is there a vaccine for patrons who sit in the front row...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] Spurred on by Becky Hammon becoming the first woman to act as a head coach in a regular season NBA game, the OBS ballers shout out some of the women who took over leadership roles in the second half of 2020... {@ 22 min] In an article for MiddleClassArtist.com, Cindy Sadler argues that weight bias in opera is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination. The contralto, stage director, administrator, author, and advocate goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and Ashlee... [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Roberto is an Officer of the Legion d'honneur and Jane is a dame... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The OBS is back on TDO Network on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 9 pm CT! The OBS team is podcast-only this week, as they re-share three of their favorite segments from 2020. And from 2019, because... 2020. [@ 3 min] Matt inducts Shirley Verrett into the OBS 'HOF'... [@ 24 min] Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with James Darrah before James Darrah was James Darrah... [@ 45 min] Ashlee recaps her chat with seven women artists and administrators who navigated partnership at parenting while at the top of their operatic game... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The OBS is podcast-only this week and the week of December 28. The team returns to TDO Network on Wednesday, January 6, with an all-new videocast as they say good riddance to 2020... The NBA tips-off its new season as LeBron, Steph, and Yannis - the current gods of the court - are expected to return. Just like the MESSIAH is expected to return. The OBS-ers have an unorthodox lineup of Handel's "Messiah" to introduce you (plus a Spotify playlist on operaboxscore.com)... Plus, Matt and Oliver reveal their favorite opera singers’ Christmas albums. But will Jonas' contribution make the cut...? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 3 min] This week… Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone Kenneth Overton, the creator of Black Opera Live. Find out not only how history was made when the Met inadvertently featured four Black sopranos in leading roles in one performance of “The Marriage of Figaro”, but also which of those sopranos is Kenneth Overton’s tennis buddy… [@ 38 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... even Kanye West is having a hard time paying his opera performers and crew, and he can’t blame Peter Gelb for it… operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore