Our 2025 Field of Dreams! ft. Marc Minkowski
Our 2025 Field of Dreams! French conductor Marc Minkowski takes a Free Throw on the career longevity of one of his favorite singers.
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The Beczała Brouhaha!
2024, Kick Rocks: The Year in Review! Hear favorite show topics, best and worst news items, favorite live performances and recordings.
Callas 101 ft. Sophia Lambton
Go Inside the Huddle with Sophia Lambton, author of the new biography The Callas Imprint.
Advertorials and Evangelists! ft. Gwilym Bowen and Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade takes a Free Throw. And Inside the Huddle with Gwilym Bowen, an artist in the lineage of fellow British tenors who sing Monteverdi and Britten.
A Voice on Fire
Agnes Baltsa launched her career as a top-tier technician well-suited to Mozart and bel canto. A Voice on Fire Agnes Baltsa | Opera Box Score
Battle of the Butterflies! ft. Ermonela Jaho
Ermonela Jaho, one of the undisputed great Cio-Cio San’s of our time, takes a Free Throw on her signature role.
Unmixed Doubles! ft. Galeano Salas and Antonin Rondepierre
Galeano Salas: Detroit Opera’s La Traviata. Baroque specialist Antonin Rondepierre, sings in Acis and Galatea at Opera Atelier. OBS
Nothing Compares 2 Sinéad Campbell Wallace!
Sinead Campbell Wallace: After taking a career break to start a family, she discovered her instrument had changed from light lyric to dramatic.
Sex, Drugs, and Opera with Ricky Ian Gordon
Ricky Ian Gordon goes Inside the Huddle to share anecdotes from his new memoir Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera.
The Bonnie Banks of Mumbai! ft. Vanessa Becerra
Vanessa Becerra, star of Chicago Opera Theater’s Leonora, goes Inside the Huddle! As we mark Hispanic Heritage Month. Opera Box Score.
Shows We Want to See! ft. Huw Montague Rendall
Huw Montague Rendall takes a Free Throw on the role of Billy Budd in advance of his house debut in Vienna. Opera Box Score.