Opera Box Score

Wanna know what the OBS team looks like? Check out the video version of our show on The Dallas Opera Network… [@ 4 min] Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and guest panelist conductor Anthony Barrese. Find out what score the Canadian conductor carries around as leisure reading while she prepares to be part of the re-opening of performances at the Opéra Bastille in Paris... [@ 39 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Fresh off his triumph as an interview guest on the OBS, Lawrence Brownlee wins the 16th Annual Opera News Awards... 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… [@ 4 min] Weston tackles on an overlooked opera and encourages the team to, er, branch out in a new-ish segment called ‘Under Further Review’... [@ 41 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Renée Fleming volunteers to get an MRI for the sake of science... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] The OBS side reaches into the Listener Mailbag for notes on their Gilbert and Sullivan episode... [@ 11 min] During 'Chalk Talk', it’s Turkey Lurkey Time. Find out what each of the OBS team is thankful for this year... [@ 33 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill': pandemic be damned, Melbourne Opera is going forward with a new Ring cycle. Will it be a Ride of the Vaccines or an Audience-Dämmerung...? 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] It’s a classic NFC East match-up. Suiting up for Philadelphia, tenor Lawrence Brownlee meets your Dallas Opera Network team, to talk about singing the hardest music ever written, being an ambassador for opera to the Black community, and maybe a little Fantasy Football... [@ 40 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Middle Class Artist throws a flag on YouTube auditions, while Jonas Kaufmann wants YOU for Christmas... 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, in ‘Chalk Talk’… Some of us could use something on the lighter side… like good ol’ Gilbert and Sullivan. George patters about the best of G&S and fends off a little list questions from his colleagues, including why G&S still matters. (To some of us, anyway…) [@ 30 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... Tragedy in Vienna, impostors in Brooklyn, and racists on Facebook… 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] Firstly, the OBS team taped this week’s show on Monday November 2; secondly, they don’t talk politics.  Kind of.  Ashlee takes a page out of You-Know-Who’s playbook and sounds off about some Nasty Women in opera… [@ 29 min] It’s one of OBS’ biggest scores... When this helden soprano found out the OBS crew were doing an episode about Nasty Women, she said “Hold My Beer”. Christine Goerke goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Oliver and Ashlee to talk about her friendship with the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and on singing Brünnhilde in a Mustang... [@ 59 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, the European opera houses shut down and everyone is writing angry letters about it… 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… [@ 4 min] It’s our annual Hallowe’en Spooktacular this week… We talk terrifying operas, and watch some nightmarish scenes... [@ 18 min] And then… Oliver and Matt go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the tall and talented tenor Benjamin Bernheim… [@ 46 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’... If you have to wear a mask to go to the opera, can it be a Hallowe’en mask…? 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] On the show this week…  Opera.  Sports.  Sports.  Opera.  Not as far apart as you might think.  The OBS team tells you why... [@ 18 min] And then… co-host Matt Cummings revisits the induction of a beloved mezzo-soprano into the OBS Hall of Fame.  Find out whose portrait gets to line the hallowed halls of the Operaland’s HQ... [@35 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’...  More season announcements in one week than you’ve heard in the last six months... operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Starting tonight, Wednesday, October 21st, Opera Box Score is joining The Dallas Opera Network. OBS? TDO? WTF? Alright, TDO Network brings a mixture of programming that educates, questions, and furthers classical music and the power of opera. With a diverse group of content creators from the opera industry, each series uniquely engages with its community in ways that go further than the just the typical live performance experience. What does that mean for you? Here’s how it works. Team OBS tapes a video - yes, video - version of the show that is released exclusively on The Dallas Opera Network on Wednesdays at 9 pm CT. A podcast version of the same show can be found on Fridays wherever you get your pods, and a terrestrial radio version is broadcast on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago on Monday nights. Now, don’t panic. You still get exclusive interviews with opera artists, insights into the opera art form and all your opera headlines with our team’s hot takes, plus a healthy dose of sports talk and fifth grade

[@ 4 min] In ‘Chalk Talk’, George, Oliver and Matt talk GOATs. (You know... Greatest. Of. All. Time.) In the aftermath of tennis GOAT Rafael Nadal’s victory in the French Open, we throw down on opera’s GOATs... [@ 20 min] One of the first Black women to lead an American opera company, Afton Battle goes 'Inside the Huddle' with Ashlee and Oliver. The singer turned administrator pledges to eradicate inequalities and spotlight the talents and skills of people of color both on the stage and behind the scenes at Fort Worth Opera... [@ 51 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, could a painting save Covent Garden…? [Listener Alert!] Starting October 21st, Opera Box Score is joining The Dallas Opera Network. Check it out at: dallasopera.org/tdo_network_episodes/ www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] The OBS syndicate tackle a recent article in the 'Guardian' which argues that opera companies have been essential in making the return of live entertainment possible in the UK. How far might that assessment apply to opera in the US…? [@ 17 min] With all the madness of the past week, the OBS-ers figured you might want a calm-me-down playlist. Hear their recommendations on arias that’ll get you raging... [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EHMHSd1xfCRmJd83VABiv?si=60lfhQ6qT5OeW_UfjjMGDQ] ...and then bring you back down peacefully… [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dOsODafBLrZLeKKFCZMNR?si=T_uEQRsxScaZOyqB0xEkCA] [@ 48 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, one of the original Barihunks gives up his leather pants... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 5 min] One season gone, another one announced. That’s the score at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for the ‘20 and ‘21 seasons. The OBS ballers dig into the plus/minus columns and take a closer look at who won and who lost… [@ 25 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle' with Aaron Sheehan. The Grammy-winning artist is considered to be America’s leading tenor in Baroque repertoire and carries the ball for Boston Early Music Festival’s Virtual Orfeo-Spectacular... [@ 55 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Jonas Kaufmann finally hits the big time. Yeah, he’s on Amazon Prime... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The OBS bench honor a superhero who proved you can be as tough as a linebacker AND love opera. In ‘Chalk Talk’, the panel pays tribute to the late, great Notorious RBG... [@ 20 min] Oliver goes 'Inside the Huddle' with the co-host of the "Trilloquy" podcast, and former host of American Public Media’s nationally syndicated "Music Through the Night", Garrett McQueen... [@ 60 min] In the 'Two Minute Drill', audience protests stop a performance of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera”. Now THAT’S ironic... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

It’s the first episode of Season Six! Thanks to all of you who talked to us, donated to us and listened to us over the past five years... [@ 8 min] The OBS legion kick it off with a tag team interview when Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the founders and editors of OperaWire, brothers David and Francisco Salazar... [@ 46 min] The bracket is set. It’s Joyce DiDonato versus Benjamin Bernheim, and Julius Drake versus… Julius Drake? Find out who was nominated for a 2020 Classical Grammy, plus all your the headlines in the “Two Minute Drill”... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

The OBS cohort wrap up Season 5 with a 'Best of..." show featuring highlights from the past year, including... [@ 4 min] ...a tribute to Italian soprano Mirella Freni... [@ 19 min] ...an 'Inside the Huddle' segment with last year’s Grammy Award winner for Best Classical Vocal Solo album, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman... [@ 40 min] ...Camacho and Cummings facing off in a brutal ‘TKO’ match featuring mad scenes, with conductor Anthony Barrese as the judge… www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The OBS side go ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone and educator Daniel Belcher to talk about his training program for singers, and they ask him when exactly he last watched sports on TV... [@ 30 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, advice on how to show appreciation in the opera house, (IF you’re in an opera house), during the pandemic... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] Oliver and Matt go head to head in an early opera 'TKO'. Who will win out in the battle of the Orfei...? [@ 44 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill,’ don’t believe everything you hear about COVID transmission at the opera... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 3 min] The OBS lads go 'Inside the Huddle' with Alyssa Martin and Marcus Shields, two of the co-founders of OSSIA, the online production company that approaches opera with the same savvy as your favorite social media influencers... [@ 38 min] ‘Pop Quiz’ returns, much to Oliver's chagrin. If opera artists were wrestlers, what would their nicknames be...? [@ 57 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’: good news from Berlin, bad news from St. Petersburg, really bad news from St. Louis... www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 2 min] Matt Cummings launches a brand new segment, as he and the OBS dudes debate the merits of an overlooked classic opera… [@ 43 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Salzburg may be a little hotter than expected this year, and are the Met’s pay-to-listen concerts striking a sour note for some in Operaland? www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

[@ 4 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the pioneering Cuban-American composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez. Find out how Maestra Martinez has been toiling over decades to increase the diversity of those composers whose work gets performed and recorded. Plus, Martinez reveals how Dame Ethel Smyth got into “good trouble” and conducted a chorus from prison… [@ 42 min] The OBS officiating crew dips into the listener mailbag for a double header of ‘Post Game Notes’ on Richard Strauss and Beverly Sills, and gives some questionable advice… [@ 1 h 07 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill,’ Lisette Oropesa gets an encore and Andrea Bocelli has a bad take on coronavirus lockdowns… www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore