Opera Box Score
America's Talk Radio Show About Opera. Period.
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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…in tribute to the late, great Martina Arroyo, it's a replay of her induction into the OBS Hall of Fame originally broadcast in 2023...
[@ 40 min] Then, in ‘Listener Mailbag,’ a field report from the Met’s current production of Cosi fan Tutte!
...And since we are all mourning Ms. Arroyo, we’ll put a pause on the Two Minute Drill.
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[@ 6 min] Alright, this week…One of her generation’s finest signing actresses, the great Ileana Cotrubas is posthumously inducted into the OBS Hall of Fame…
[@ 33 min] Then, in ‘Listener Mailbag,’ a field report on what’s happening on the ground outside the Kennedy Center…
[@ 41 min] Plus, in the 'Two Minute Drill'... awards season begins with winners of Gramophone an...
[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…It’s a Don G extravaganza! First, Christian Van Horn, star of the season opener at Lyric Opera of Chicago, takes a Free Throw on the strike at San Francisco Opera, and on self-producing his solo album! Then, Lyric Opera will make history as the first major American opera company to present live American Sign Language interpretation of a foreign-language opera. We’ll go Inside th...
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week...Louisa Proske goes Inside the Huddle! Her production of Verdi’s Scottish opera at the Met will be broadcast in HD later this month, just as she heads to Detroit to direct the shabby little shocker…Tosca.
[@ 40 min] Plus, in the 'Two Minute Drill'... musician strikes may have come to an end in Cleveland and San Francisco, but the crisis in Nashville has led to ext...
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week...Alright, this week…, bass Andrew Potter goes Inside the Huddle following his rise to fame as opera’s most famous 43-year-old retiree...
[@ 27 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill...In a duo of triumphant comebacks, both Simon Boccanegra AND Celine Dion return to the stage!
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[@ 3 min] Alright, this week...it’s Back to School and we kick off OBS season 12 with our picks for the fall opera season!
[@ 27 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill...we catch you up on all the latest news in the opera world, but there’s a 10% chance none of it will matter if AI eliminates humanity altogether....
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Alright, this week...as we gear up for season TWELVE of the OBS, its a replay episode featuring some of our biggest guests from season eleven!
[@ 1 min] First up, countertenor Andreas Scholl goes Inside the Huddle to talk technique, vocal longevity, and the brutal math of being a soprano.
[@ 24 min] Then, iconic mezzo-soprano, director, and mentor Denyce Graves takes a Free Throw on retiring from the stage.
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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week...for our season 11 finale, Librettist, translator, and dramaturg Kelley Rourke goes Inside the Huddle in advance of the world premiere of 'A River Runs Through It' at Montana Opera!
[@ 33 min] Then, because she meant so much to all of us, our chief Dolly correspondent, Ashlee Hardgrave induct the great Dolly Parton into the OBS Hall of Fame....
[@ 48 min] Plus, in the Two Minu...
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week...Iván Ayón-Rivas goes Inside the Huddle! The Peruvian tenor made his American debut this summer as Lensky in Eugene Onegin at Santa Fe Opera. This fall, he stars as Ruggiero in Opera Rara’s world-premiere recording of the 1921 version of Puccini’s La rondine.
[@ 38 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...Jonathan Biss says to knock 'em down, and we say RIP to the great Ileana Cotrubas.....
[@ 5 min] Alright, this week...it’s part two of our coverage of the Santa Fe Opera ,starting with a Free Throw on the artistry of Iestyn Davies!
[@11 min] Then, Handelian prima donna Lucy Crowe goes Inside the Huddle to champion the Experienced, Middle-Aged singer...
[@ 29 min] AND then...a bonus Free Throw on the late Jessye Norman from her last recital partner, pianist and composer Damien Sneed!
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[@ 3 min] Alright, this week...we begin our Olympic-size field report on the Santa Fe Opera season with a Free Throw from Tobias Picker, whose Lili Elbe received its North American premiere at Santa Fe!
[@ 19 min] Then...we go Inside the Huddle with the star of Lili Elbe, a triumphant return for Friend of the Show Lucia Lucas.
[@ 53 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...good thing we have legal correspondent Ashlee Har...
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week...we go Inside the Huddle with conductor Alan Pierson, whose band Alarm Will Sound collaborated on friend of the show David T. Little’s What Belongs to You, based on OTHER friend of the show Garth Greenwell’s novel of the same name! Alan joins the OBS to give a tour guide of the acclaimed opera, sampling the brand new recording which features yet a THIRD friend of the show, Karim Sulay...
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week...we go Inside the Huddle with Laurence Kilsby! The rising British tenor just performed in the BBC Proms with the Jupiter Ensemble and is currently starring as The Novice in Michael Grandage’s production of Billy Budd at Glyndebourne Festival. That’s two venues on Oliver Camacho’s bucket list!
[@ 32 min] Plus, in Listener Mailbag...it's a Field Report on Eugene Onegin at W...
[@ 5 min] Alright, this week...ahead of the premiere of Santa Fe Opera’s 'Rodelinda,' we go Inside the Huddle with director R.B. Schlather! Will our baroque purist creative consultant find common ground with Schlather’s “noir melodrama gangster” concept? Stay tuned to find out…
[@ 36 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Congress is investigating the mismanagement of the Kenn...
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week...we get the full field report on the 2026 Des Moines Metro Opera Festival! First up, a Monday Evening Quarterback on Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men; then, ten, count 'em, TEN Free Throws from the Stars of Tomorrow apprentice program showcase.
[@ 36 min] Then, we go Inside the Huddle with the star of Des Moines’s Tosca, soprano Laura Wilde. Finally, a recap on Oliver’s f...
[@ 5 min] Alright, this week...we go Inside the Huddle with Suzanne Nance, the new Executive Director of Wexford Festival Opera! Find out how the career of this “Woman of Influence” went from onstage, to behind a mic, to the C-Suite...
[@ 39 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Friend of the Show Zachary James is Abraham Lincoln, and Friend of the Show Clay Hilley claps back at the critics!&nb...
[@ 3 min] Alright, as America prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial, this week in Chalk Talk…we’re breaking down the history of American vocal music by playing 250 of our favorite clips! Or maybe like 12 or so to keep the episode length reasonable. From American folk song, operetta, Music theater, opera and art song, we'll hear tons of music, performed by favorite American artists…and no, Milli Vanilli wa...
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…John Holiday goes Inside the Huddle! The American countertenor and 'The Voice' finalist is wrapping up a banner 25-26 season at the Munich Opera Festival. Next month, his solo album, 'Over My Head,' with pianist Kevin Miller, drops on the Pentatone label! John joins us from Munich where he co-stars with Jeanine De Bique and Julian Pregardien in Handel’s 'Alcina. '
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[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Early music specialist Jory Vinikour goes Inside the Huddle! The conductor and harpsichordist returns to his native Chicago to lead a production of a pretty gay tragedy…no, not Oliver’s mid-life bachelorhood, but Charpentier’s "David and Jonathan" for Haymarket Opera!
[@ 35 min] Then, in the Two Minute Drill…Audiences at La Scala are protesting ticket prices, an o...
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Maestro James Conlon takes a Free Throw on his tenure as Music Director of LA Opera, a post he held for 20 years…and we’re rewarding him by letting him talk to Oliver? Poor guy!
[@ 23 min] Then, in Monday Evening Quarterback…The Tony Awards were last Sunday, but as many longtime listeners will attest, Weston doesn’t know anything about Broadway. Luckily, Ashlee Ha...
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