Opera Box Score
America's Talk Radio Show About Opera. Period.
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200 episodes
A Very Salieri Year! ft. Gregory Spears
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Gregory Spears goes Inside the Huddle! The American composer is in the middle of a banner season, which includes the 10th anniversary of his opera, Fellow Travelers. Find out about his new opera, Sleepers Awake, a r...
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Season 11
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Episode 498
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1:02:19
It’s All Greek to Me! ft. Soula Parassidis
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Soula Parassidis goes Inside the Huddle! Find out how the Greek-Canadian soprano amassed a loyal Instagram fan base by poking fun at the opera industry, and then pivoted to create a platform to address all the real ...
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Season 11
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Episode 497
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48:27
Mozart for Muscles!
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…It’s Thanksgiving! There are so many ways to find, experience, and learn about opera in the 21st century, and we at Opera Box Score are feeling grateful for all of them. And, hey, if you’re feeling grateful for oper...
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Season 11
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Episode 496
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52:51
An American in Berlin! ft. James Gaffigan
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…James Gaffigan goes Inside the Huddle! The American conductor, who was recently named Music Director of Houston Grand Opera, is set to conduct Salome at the Komishe Oper, which opens this Saturday in Berlin. Gaffiga...
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Season 11
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Episode 495
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1:02:47
Not Playing Around! ft. Victor Ryan Robertson
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Victor Ryan Robertson goes Inside the Huddle! The genre-defying tenor is wrapping up performances of La Traviata with Louisville Opera and is set to star in a double-bill of two rarely performed American works: Will...
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Season 11
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Episode 494
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1:06:20
Persist and Resist! ft. Jeanine De Bique
[@ 10 min] Alright, this week…Jeanine De Bique goes Inside the Huddle! The Trinidadian soprano is on her way to the US for a recital tour, including stops in New York and Chicago before making her subscription series debut with the Chicago Symp...
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Season 11
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Episode 493
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58:36
Terrifying Tempi!
[@ 6 min] Alright, this week…it’s our Halloween Spooktacular! This year, we ask what the scariest moments in opera are…if you’re performing in one. It’s the showiest moments that bring delight to the audience, but dread to the tenor. Listen … i...
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Season 11
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Episode 492
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51:49
Rah! Rah! Opera Rara! ft. Carlo Rizzi
[@ 13 min] Alright, this week…Carlo Rizzi goes Inside the Huddle. One of the world’s foremost opera conductors and Artistic Director of Opera Rara, the latest volume of his Donizetti Song Project (featuring Friend of the Show soprano Ermonela J...
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Season 11
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Episode 491
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53:36
Keep Austin Revered! ft. Annie Burridge
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…Annie Burridge goes Inside the Huddle. General Director of Austin Opera, Annie Burridge is marking her 10th anniversary with the company that is also kicking off its 40th birthday season with a Spectac...
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Season 11
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Episode 490
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1:01:33
The Stuff of Legend! ft. Joshua Collier
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont, goes Inside the Huddle to share his company’s vision for presenting a multi-year cycle of the operas of William Grant Still.[@ 33 min] Plus, in the Two Min...
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Season 11
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Episode 489
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1:01:33
The Amazing Adventures of Sun-Ly Pierce!
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Sun-Ly Pierce goes Inside the Huddle. Currently starring in the Met’s premiere production of the Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the Chinese American mezzo-soprano looks back at her break-out season, which included...
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Season 11
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Episode 488
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1:03:31
The Cardiothoracic Surgeon of Krakenthorp! ft. Matthew Polenzani
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Matthew Polenzani goes Inside the Huddle! The internationally acclaimed, Evanston, Illinois-native superstar tenor returns to his home stadium as Giasone in Medea.[@ 19 min] Then…What’s YOUR favorite season?...
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Season 11
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Episode 487
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57:03
The Fall Draft! ft. Will Crutchfield
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…a listener encourages us to give you our picks for operas around the US this fall. INCLUDING San Francisco, dear listener...[@ 23 min] Then…Musicologist, conductor, and vocal coach Will Crutchfield takes a F...
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Season 11
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Episode 486
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55:39
The Barrington Bears! ft. Andreas Scholl
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…OBS Season Eleven starts with a kickoff return touchdown! The legendary German countertenor Andreas Scholl goes Inside the Huddle to share advice for a long career, and to tell the story of making THAT recording. Yo...
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Season 11
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Episode 485
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1:00:31
Three Sisters! ft. Sondra Radvanovsky, Yuval Sharon, and Creatine Price
[@ 1 min] Alright, this week…as the team gears up for OBS Season 11, we bring you some of the best of season 10, starting with a Free Throw from Sondra Radvanovsky on singing one of her quote unquote “EASIEST” roles.[@ 12 min] Then, it’...
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Season 10
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Episode 484
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1:02:04
Star Squad Season Wrap! ft. Kerriann Otaño
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…Friend of the Show Kerriann Otaño goes Inside the Huddle...again! Vice President of Engagement for Opera Delaware, Otaño returns to share news about Delaware’s revolutionary studio artists program.[@ 32 min]...
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Season 10
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Episode 483
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52:02
Straight Out of the Box! ft. Anne Midgette
[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…music critic Anne Midgette goes Inside the Huddle. As the co-author of the article that launched Classical Music’s #metoo movement in 2018 AND as the former music critic of the Washington Post, today’s guest is uniq...
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Season 10
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Episode 481
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1:06:56
How to Win a Grammy! ft. Nicholas Phan
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Grammy-winning tenor Nicholas Phan takes a Free Throw on finally winning that Grammy on his fifth nomination, for his performance in OBS Hall of Famer Kaija Saariaho’s 'Adriana Mater.'[@ 15 min] ...which get...
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Season 10
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Episode 480
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1:03:35
Santa Fe Superstar! ft. Kevin Burdette & Florian Sempey
[@ 6 min] Alright, this week…it’s a Santa Fe Spectacular! First, we go Inside the Huddle with THEIR hometown hero, Kevin Burdette. The American bass, dubbed the “Robin Williams of Opera,” recently gave his 100th performance at Santa Fe Opera in...
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Season 10
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Episode 479
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1:18:31
Big Shoulder Belcantista! ft. Enrique Mazzola
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Maestro Enrique Mazzola goes Inside the Huddle! The Italian conductor just wrapped up performances of Massenet’s "Werther" in Berlin, but his summer season continues stateside with debuts at the Grand Teton and Aspe...
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Season 10
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Episode 478
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1:03:28
Faster, Higher, Stronger! ft. Elizabeth DeShong
[@ 6 min] Alright, this week…We go Inside the Huddle with Elizabeth DeShong, who has entered the She Can Sing Anything stage of her career. Set to return to Chicago next month for Alcina, Haymarket Opera’s debut at Ravinia Festival, the America...
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Season 10
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Episode 477
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57:13
Win everything! Win everywhere! ft. Joshua Winograde
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…We go Inside the Huddle with Joshua Winograde, one of opera’s leading administrators and now-director of opera studies at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music. Is this the interview that finally lands the OBS team a tenu...
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Season 10
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Episode 476
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59:06
Così Fan Fiction! ft. Jacquelyn Stucker
[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…Jacquelyn Stucker goes Inside the Huddle. The American soprano joins us from Santa Fe Opera where she is set to make her role debut as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw. Will the Governess overcome her biggest ...
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Season 10
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Episode 475
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1:03:13
Don't Make Me Sing! ft. Anthony León
[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…live (on tape) from Opera Theatre of St Louis, Anthony León goes Inside the Huddle to tell the story of his career acceleration after winning Operalia in 2022. The American born Cuban-Columbian tenor makes his debut...
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Season 10
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Episode 474
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55:12
Is it Opera or is it Cake? ft. Drew Minter
[@ 2 min] Alright, this week...former countertenor, now baritone and stage director Drew Minter goes Inside the Huddle to preview Haymarket Opera’s upcoming production of Vinci’s Artaserse.[@ 30 min] And then…in 'Chalk Talk,' new data s...
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Season 10
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Episode 473
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1:04:59