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.
REPLAY: Denyce Graves and Andreas Scholl!
Enjoy replays of two of our biggest guests from the eleventh season of OBS. First up, countertenor Andreas Scholl goes Inside the Huddle to talk about making recordings, vocal longevity, and the brutal math of being a soprano with Denyce Graves.
A River Unbroken Runs Through It! ft. Kelley Rourke
Go Inside the Huddle with librettist, dramaturg, and translator Kelley Rourke. Opera Montana presents the world premiere of Zach Redler, Matt Foss, and Kelley Rourke’s A River Runs Through It later this month.
Tiger Lili! ft. Lucia Lucas and Tobias Picker
Lucia Lucas makes her triumphant return, going Inside the Huddle to share her experience as a prima donna in the Land of Enchantment.
No Cause for Alarm! ft. Alan Pierson
Go Inside the Huddle with conductor Alan Pierson, artistic director and co-founder of Alarm Will Sound. Opera Box Score.
Feral Handelians! ft. R.B. Schlather
Go Inside the Huddle with R.B. Schlather ahead of the premiere of his “noir melodrama gangster” Rodelinda at Santa Fe Opera. Feral Handelians! ft. R.B. Schlather.
Oops! All Des Moines Metro Opera! ft. Laura Wilde
Take a Free Throw on the company’s exceptional Apprentice Artist Program. Then, go Inside the Huddle with soprano Laura Wilde, the star of DMMO’s Tosca.
A League of Her Own! ft. Suzanne Nance
Go inside the Huddle with Suzanne Nance, the new executive director of Wexford Festival Opera. Opera Box Score.
Freemen, Cowboys, and Immigrants!
In this special episode as America celebrates the semiquincentennial, the team traces the history of American vocal music from spirituals to contemporary opera as performed by favorite American artists.
House of the Countertenor! ft. John Holiday
House of the Countertenor! ft. John Holiday Go Inside the Huddle with John Holiday. The American countertenor and The Voice finalist is wrapping up a banner season at the Munich Opera Festival where he is currently starring in Handel’s Alcina. Next month, his solo album Over My Head with pianist Kevin Miller drops on the Pentatone label.…