The Strike of the Valkyries

Season Twelve of the OBS begins with the team’s fall opera picks including Macbeth, L’Orfeo, Lincoln in the Bardo, Omar, Susannah, and La Fanciulla del West.

In the Two-Minute Drill, the Kennedy Center closes, San Francisco Opera Orchestra strikes, Deutsch Oper am Rhein is declared unsafe, musicians sue AI copycats, LA Opera tells a right-leaning media outlet to mind its own business, and an open letter galvanizes the singer community.

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We are a troop of opera lovers who have banded together to create a weekly broadcast. We meet the artists that make this art form tick… and we express our opinions on the state of the art. Come join us on your favorite podcast platform. New episodes like this one, The Strike of the Valkyries, drop on Thursday mornings.