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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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[@ 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 extreme measures. Perhaps it’s time for classical music socialism, like in New York! 

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[@ 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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