[@4 min] Alright, this week…THE Klaus Mäkelä takes a Free Throw. That’s right folks. We’re the only opera podcast to get an exclusive with the phenom Finnish conductor – for a whole 45 seconds!

[@9 min] And since we’re taking a dip into the symphonic world with our new friend of the show Klaus Makela, stick around for the return of Spring Training for Your Ears: Symphonic Repertoire!

[@40 min] Then, a field report on the Met’s Marriage of Figaro conducted by Joana Mallwitz (yo-AN-na MAHL-vits) with a very special Barbarina.

[@43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Detroit Opera risks being deported and Sir Bryn Terfel says, EF it, I’m going to Mexico.

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Opera Singers in the Symphony! ft. Klaus Mäkelä

[@3 min] Alright, this week…we go Inside the Huddle with Gemma New. Having already achieved operatic glory in Opera Theater St Louis’s acclaimed production of Susannah, find out how the Kiwi conductor is preparing for her upcoming debut at Santa Fe Opera!

[@17 min] Then...in Monday Evening Quarterback, we give you the play by play of the US premiere of a new orchestration of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha- which gets us thinking, what are the best operas never to be seen by their composers?

[@42 min] Opera Theatre names Patricia Racette as its new Artistic Director, and Sonya Yoncheva wants to teach your children about classical music..first lesson, Tosca!

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The Rains of Aldeburgh! ft. Gemma New

[@2 min] Alright, this week…we go Inside the Huddle with Patricia Racette! The newly appointed Artistic Director of Opera Theatre of St Louis returns to the OBS to share her strategy for storytelling and shaping the future of her new home company.

[@41 min] And then...a Field Report from The Met’s Barber of Seville, described by our on-the-ground correspondent as a Money Machine...

[@43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Opera Philadelphia’s $11 dollar tickets are back and the 2025 Richard Tucker Award winner is announced. It’s a great time for opera in America. No obstacles or challenges for artists at all….

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Diva on Detour! ft. Patricia Racette

[@2 min] Alright, this week…we go Inside the Huddle with Composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang! Later this month will be the world premiere recording of their first collaboration, An American Soldier will be released, just in time for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

[@37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Santa Fe Opera announces their new season where friends of the show abound, Houston Grand Opera is teaming up with an English orchestra, and Eurovision gets in on the AAPI celebration.

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Out of Many, One! ft. Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang

[@1 min] Alright, this week…Our regular recording day is Monday. Since that’s Memorial Day, the team is taking a patriotic time-out and we bring you two Inside the Huddle features with great American artists: Ricky Ian Gordon and Sylvia McNair!

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American Excellence! ft. Sylvia McNair and Ricky Ian Gordon

[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…it’s an Inside the Huddle double header! First, we'll speak with tenor Josh Lovell, who will be playing Jupiter in Atlanta Opera’s production of Semele. 

[@ 27 min] We’ll also talk to Castle of our Skins cofounder Ashleigh Gordon, who’s bringing Frederick Douglass to life with the help of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project!

[@ 47 min] Plus, in the Two-Minute Drill, WT actual F is going on at the Kennedy Center, and WT literal F is going on with male leaders in classical music? Plus, Chicago Symphony Chorus gets a new director, Opera in the Ozarks gets new digs, and a Good Call for being mic'd Up.

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WTF@KC2Day! ft. Ashleigh Gordon and Josh Lovell

[@ 5 min] Alright, this week…we go Inside the Huddle with Julia Bullock (!!!). The distinctive soprano and muse of John Adams just wrapped the Met premiere production of Antony and Cleopatra and is sticking around Lincoln Center with her collaborators at American Modern Opera Company for the upcoming Run AMOC Festival. Somehow, she agreed to spend her only 30 minutes of downtime with us! 

[@ 29 min] And then, in “Home Team,” we bring you a second exclusive interview with Elijah McCormack. The male soprano, who is set to star in Haymarket Opera’s production of Artaserse, helps us celebrate Pride Month and the totally queer excesses of Italian opera seria during the high Baroque!  

[@ 52 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Donald Trump earns rave reviews in a Cantonese Opera, but his ticket sales at home are tanking at the Kennedy Center…

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Pride, Run Amuck! ft. Elijah McCormack and Julia Bullock

[@ 3 min] Alright, this week, it's Monday Evening Quarterback on the 2025 Boston Early Music Festival, and we’ll be joined by Amanda Forsythe with a scoop on the 2027 centerpiece opera! We promise this is the only opera podcast talking Telemann.

[@ 21 min] And then...the centenary of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau’s birth was last month, and we have a Free Throw from one of his last pupils, Benjamin Appl. Considered to be one of the all-time great Lieder interpreters, WE will consider Dieskau’s notable opera roles.

[@ 43 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…a decline in tourism coupled with the rise in deportations may be adversely affecting ticket sales at the Met...but that’s not stopping the Laffont competition from scouting in South America.

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Abso-Flute-Ly Amazing! ft. Benjamin Appl and Amanda Forsythe

[@ 2 min] Alright, this week...former countertenor, now baritone and stage director Drew Minter goes Inside the Huddle to preview Haymarket Opera’s upcoming production of Vinci’s Artaserse.

[@ 30 min] And then…in 'Chalk Talk,' new data suggests that the problem with opera attendance isn’t actually price after all! Nobody tell Anthony Roth Costanzo.

[@ 46 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…is it possible to have ethical AI usage in the arts? Opera Baltimore is on the case...

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Is it Opera or is it Cake? ft. Drew Minter

[@ 4 min] Alright, this week…live (on tape) from Opera Theatre of St Louis, Anthony León goes Inside the Huddle to tell the story of his career acceleration after winning Operalia in 2022. The American born Cuban-Columbian tenor makes his debut with Lyric Opera of Chicago this season.

[@ 38 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’…Bavarian State Opera joins the streaming community, and our friends at OperaWire join the podcast community. 

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Don't Make Me Sing! ft. Anthony León

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Don't Make Me Sing! ft. Anthony León

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