[@3 min] Alright, this week...Pene Pati takes a Free Throw on Rodolfo, the role which marks the star Samoan tenor’s debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago next month. As Rodolfo and Mimi are top two on the call sheet for La Boheme, we’ll handicap some of the commercial recordings of Puccini’s perennial people pleasing masterpiece.[@39 min] And then…Meridian Prall goes Inside the Huddle. Named an OBS artist to watch in 2025, so we are going to check in with the American mezzo-soprano in advance of her debut in Washington Concert Opera’s La clemenza di Tito.[@65 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…speaking of Washington..well, we’d rather not, but at least we can talk about the new Met season if America is still a thing in the fall.GET YOUR VOICE HEARDoperaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1bsky @operaboxscore
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The Golden Age of Arts and Culture! Ft. Elena Villalón
[@5 min] Alright...This week, we go Inside the Huddle with Elena Villalón! The Cuban-American soprano returns to OBS 6 years after she first joined after winning the Met Council auditions. Later this month, she makes her Detroit Opera debut in Handel’s "Rinaldo."[@36 min] And then…a Listener Mailbag on a song recital! Oliver, is this your doing? This is Opera Box Score, not Lieder Anzeigetafel![@42 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…will a certain podcast be designated as an enemy of the state for not showing blind allegiance to the chairman? Stay tuned and find out..unless we’ve already been scrubbed from the internet.GET YOUR VOICE HEARDoperaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1bsky @operaboxscore
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Cowboy Baritenor! ft. Michael Spyres
[@4 min] This week, baritenor Michael Spyres goes Inside the Huddle to discuss his unique fach, but it’s 2025 and Beyonce won a grammy for best country album, so what even is fach? We’ll discuss a brief history of the baritenor, bel canto edition.[@32 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Friend of the Show Karen Slack wins best vocal solo ,and it’s an unhappy ending for almost-friend-of-the-show-but-thankfully-it-never-worked-out baritone Justin Tucker.GET YOUR VOICE HEARDoperaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1bsky @operaboxscore
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Salty Dogs and Turandots! ft. Sondra Radvanovsky
[@6 min] Alright, this week…in advance of "The Puccini Heroines," an all-Puccini arias concert at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sondra Radvanovsky takes a Free Throw on the singing the role of Turandot. Compared to Norma and Aida, you may be surprised to hear that it's one of her easiest roles.[@18 min] And then…in Listener Mailbag, we have field reports on all the vocal activity at Carnegie Hall including Song Studio, Friend of the Show Ying Fang with the Orchestra of St Luke’s, and Friend of the Show Ryan Speedo Green in recital with pianist Adam Nielsen.[@27 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…there *is* good news for 2025. Soprano Lise Davidsen has announced she is having twins! And if they are fraternal twins who inherit their mom’s voice, maybe in 2055 we will have a future dream team Sieglinde and Siegmund!GET YOUR VOICE HEARDoperaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1bsky @operaboxscore
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Dragliacci! ft. Symone Harcum and Creatine Price
Alright, this week…we're recording on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so we're going Inside the Huddle with two Black divas...[@ 1 min] First up, it’s soprano Symone Harcum, the star of Opera Philadelphia’s upcoming production of The Anonymous Lover by Joseph Bologne. [@ 26 min] Then, Jordan Pitts, the creator of New York City and Paris Grand Opera’s Diva Creatine Price, goes Inside the Huddle to share his experience as a finalist in France’s Got Talent.GET YOUR VOICE HEARDoperaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1bsky @operaboxscore
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