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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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[@ 1 min] Alright, this week…we continue  with the OBS playbook for the upcoming Summer Opera Season. This time the team picks the most anticipated performances in the Western European League!

[@ 17 min] And then...soprano, stage director, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis artistic director Patricia Racette returns to take a  Free Throw on performing MT at OTSL!

[@ 28 min] Lakmé gets cancelled, and the Met gets a visit from Typhoid Mimi...

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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Conductor David Neely goes Inside the Huddle to share highlights from Des Moines Metro Opera’s upcoming festival season! 

[@ 22 min] And since we're  already on the topic of the Summer opera season, in Chalk Talk, the team handicaps the opera festivals here in the US of A…

[@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Bard College’s Leo Botstein steps down, and Friend of the Show Eric Einhorn steps up!

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[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…we go Inside the Huddle with Dane Lam! Just in time for AAPI Heritage Month, the Australian-Chinese-Singaporean conductor shares his perspective on the state of opera in the Asia-Pacific, as well as collaborating with thee Sir Thomas Allen, the stage director of the Marriage of Figaro for Scottish Opera. 

[@ 38 min] And then...the Listener Mailbag is full of Field Reports from the Giulio Gari Competition Finals AND the Yale Baroque Opera Project...

[@ 49 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…the Saudis ditch the Met, La Fenice ditches their music director, and Opera Philadelphia says “Let ‘em eat cake!”

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