Opera Box Score

[@ 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...

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[@ 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!

[@ 37 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...recovery in Detroit, the latest installments of Kennedy Center buffoonery, and throngs of missing mini Mozarts! 

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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 Hardgrave here, because we’re gonna need her…

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[@ 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 Sulayman.

[@ 32 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...more hard-to-read developments out of Interlochen, the RBO gets nervous about its finances, and Jonas Kaufmann hates AI almost as much as I do.

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[@ 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 Wolf Trap!

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