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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 ousted music director is threatening to sue La Fenice, Washington National Opera is suing the Kennedy Center…but hey, at least we got a win this week in the form of one less president being named on  **that** building...

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[@ 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 Hardgrave is here to take him through a new segment she’s calling, ‘Tonys for Dummies!’ 

[@ 35 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...things are getting messy at Sarasota Opera, but marginally, slightly, a liiiiittle bit less messy at the Kennedy Center? Maybe?

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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…tenor and author Ben Bliss goes Inside the Huddle to share his financial survival guide for singers and other freelancers in the performing arts. It’s all in his new book, 'Making it Work,' coming to a TedTalk near you!

[@ 35 min] Then, in Listener Mailbag...it’s a Field Report on Orfeo from Ars Lyrica Houston, starring friend of the show Karim Sulayman!

[@ 42 min] Plus, in the Two Minute Drill...let me see here…it says here that…Donald Trump…did something…illegal??? *gasp* With the Kennedy Center??? WHAT??? That can’t be…no…yes??? Oh my god???

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Alright, this week…it’s a holiday week! Soooo we’re skipping the Two Minute Drill and dipping into the Inside the Huddle archives to replay a pair of recent interviews.

[@ 1 min] First up, conductor James Gaffigan tells us why the Komische Oper is a total party! He went Inside the Huddle shortly after being named Music Director of Houston Grand Opera last fall. 

[@ 38 min] And then...Grammy Award-winning soprano Amanda Forsythe joins us from last summer’s Boston Early Music Festival, when she was a mere Grammy-hopeful. That’s the OBS Bump, folks. It’s powerful. 

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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…how DO you solve a problem like Jeff Bezos? How do you catch a donation and pin it down, in an era when the hills are NOT alive with the sound of donors? Is this bit working? We answer these questions, and more, in Chalk Talk…

[@ 18 min] And then...Santa Fe Opera General Director Robert K. Meya takes a Free Throw on the recently announced 2027 festival season, and picks where HE wants to go see opera this summer.

[@ 29 min] Shocking news from the Met. Yes, we’re sad, but we can confirm that Peter Gelb is….a workaholic. Frankly, we're astounded.

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