Big Tech Traviata! ft. Robert K. Meya

Following Nvidia CEO’s transformational gift to San Francisco Opera, in Chalk Talk, the team wonders what it will take for other tech billionaires to take on the mantle of funding opera. 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.

In the Two-Minute Drill, Peter Gelb comes out as a workaholic, Washington National Opera thrives outside of the Kennedy Center, and it’s Furry Night at Seattle Opera! Plus, a Good Call for the The New York Times‘s tribute to the late Rainelle Krause.

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