Opera Box Score

[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…November 7th marks the centenary of the great Dame Joan Sutherland, so we’re inducting La Stupenda into the OBS Hall of Fame!

[@ 33 min] Then...we’ll keep the La Stupendaversary going when pianist, professor of voice, and Director of Opera at Yale University Gerald Martin Moore takes a Free Throw on some of his favorite recordings of the iconic Australian Diva…

[@ 51 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…we’re recording on election day, but we can already give you  results on Operalia winners, and Kennedy Center honorees...

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[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…Since we skipped it last week, we’re diving right in  to the Two Minute Drill where a musicians’ strike threatens a world premiere at Minnesota Opera, an Angelotti gets cancelled in Calgary, and we bid farewell to the supreme soubrette, Judith Blegen...

...and there's nothing else in this episode. Nothing spooky at all this Halloween weekend. Nothing to be scared about here...we promise.

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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 and Neue Stimmen, and nominees are announced for the International Opera Awards....

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[@ 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 the Huddle with Veramarie Baldoza, the acclaimed ASL Interpreter for the performing arts. 

[@ 38 min] Then, in ‘Listener Mailbag,’ we get a field report on Alcina from the Royal Ballet and Opera!

[@ 46 min]  Plus, in the 'Two Minute Drill'... another legacy classical music critic bites the dust, the Nashville Symphony makes a deal with the devil, and you’re gonna wanna hear these lemurs sing…

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