Opera Box Score

[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Susanne Burgess goes Inside the Huddle! The British-American soprano is about to compete in the quadrathlon known as The Tales of Hoffman, singing the Four Heroines at Florentine Opera this weekend! Find out how she’s training so she doesn’t 'fach' up her voice. 

[@ 34 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… The Met’s financial woes are made embarrassingly public ,and Timothée Chalamet galvanizes the global performing arts community...against him.

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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…Countertenor Hugh Cutting takes a Free Throw! The OBS artist-to-watch is set to perform with the Irish Baroque Orchestra in Manhattan later this month ,and joins us from England with dodgy audio...but we’re thrilled to have him, at any rate.

[@ 17 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Yuja Wang makes sure that disc is fully slipped...

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[@ 7 min] Alright, this week…Just back from his trip to Milan, composer-conductor Christopher Tin takes a Free Throw on his collaboration with men’s figure skating silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama….and we’ll tack on our final thoughts on the 2026 Winter Olympics, including the victory of American women.
[@ 37 min] Then...in Chalk Talk, we unpack recent announcements from the Met on next year's season offerings, ticket revenues from the current season, and even news about their 2030 season!

[@ 52 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Bruno de Sa may be too gay for Turkey, and we say farewell to one of the greats. 
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[@ 2 min] Alright, this week…we go Inside the Huddle with Cecilia Molinari! Last Sunday, the Italian mezzo-soprano wrapped her US debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago, just in time to return home for the closing ceremonies in her hometown and the start of the Paralympic games.

[@ 31 min] And while the Olympics continue, we’ll Chalk Talk on Christopher Tin’s Turandot remix, elder millennial olympians, and…cheating Canadian curlers? 

[@ 47 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… lifechanging funds in Detroit, Zambello’s foreshadowing at The Guardian, and at this point, it may be better to list who’s *not* in the Epstein files. 
 
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[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…Andrzej Filończyk goes Inside the Huddle as he is set to return to the Met for the limited bonus run of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay beginning next week. Can the Polish baritone think like The Escapist when it comes to unwanted advances from Oliver?

[@ 37 min] Then, it's the return of the 90’s divas starring Mariah Carey, Cecilia Bartoli, and … Ricky Martin! That’s right, we’re talking about the intersection of music and sports in Sportzando, the Olympics - Bowl edition.

[@ 54 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Oper Leipzig is broke, everyone’s fired at the Washington Post, and Olga Neuwirth’s probably not going to be allowed to visit the US any time soon…
 
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