Podcast appearances and mentions of tobias wright

[@ 6 min] In ‘Chalk Talk'… Tenor Aaron Short joins the show as a guest, along with some hack called Tobias Wright. The reunited crew look at 2021's biggest sports stories and imagine their opera parallels... [@ 34 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill'… What do Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, and bass-baritone Justino Diaz have in common? operaboxscore.com dallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Team OBS bids farewell and good riddance to OBS co-founder and co-host Tobias Wright. They talk with Tobias about his career change, watch with horror as he inducts himself into the OBS Hall of Fame, listen to some of his favorite singers and recap the highlights and lowlights of his own checkered career on the airwaves... Plus, in ‘The Two Minute Drill’, who do you think gets paid more, Peter Gelb at the Met or Dominique Meyer at the Vienna State Opera...? www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1 www.operaboxscore.com www.wnur.org/popup

Weston Williams leads a look back at some of our favorite ‘Inside the Huddle’ segments, with interviews of three very different, but equally fascinating, opera artists… As Chicago Opera Theater prepares to open a new production of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” this week, we revisit our time with COT Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya... Then, we rewind to last spring, when creative consultant Oliver Camacho and co-host Tobias Wright talked to baritone Anthony Clark Evans, and Oliver caught up with tenor Paul Appleby… www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1/ @operaboxscore

Tonight... Tobias Wright walks you down the hallowed corridors of the OBS Hall of Fame with a look at the life and recordings of one of his favorite opera singers… But first, it’s that time of year again… people scrambling for hotel rooms… folks grabbing tickets for sold-out shows… crowds gate-crashing invite-only events… Why, it’s the Opera America conference, of course. George previews the best sessions on the docket at next week’s annual meeting of opera’s movers and shakers... Then… It’s the ‘Two Minute Drill’: everything you need to know from the past week in Operaland, and our hot takes on those stories... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1/

This week we have Tobias Wright on the podcast to help celebrate the album release of The Great God Pan! Toby has been busy traveling all over the country singing his heart out and making all the art and we’re very lucky that he took the time to Skype in from Hiawatha, Kansas. We talk … Continue reading Episode #99: Tobias Wright Returns! →

It’s an evening of potluck on the OBS: Monday Evening Quarterback, a Listener's Letter, the Two Minute Drill, and the Home Team, all with George Cederquist, Oliver Camacho and Tobias Wright... @operaboxscore

The Olympics have begun in Rio; here on the OBS, we follow suit and argue about Olympian feats of athleticism in singing... Is it stamina? Is it hitting high notes? Is it volume...? Guest co-host Matthan Black joins host Oliver Camacho and co-host Tobias Wright as they choose recordings and match up virtuosic performances to specific Olympic sports... Game on!

We took Independence Day off, so we’ve got a loaded show for you this week. Oliver Camacho goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with baritone David John Pike, who talks about coaching the role of Scarpia from Puccini’s “Tosca” with Sherill Milnes, and also reflects on singing George Butterworth’s song cycle "A Shropshire Lad" on the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme... But first, it’s our ‘Chalk Talk’ segment. Ticket sales are up at Los Angeles Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper, but down at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. What factors are pushing these numbers up (or down) and who’s responsible? Tobias Wright has some theories to share... Plus, Giovanna Jacques checks in from the Bellini Museum in Sicily, we’ve got all your opera headlines in ‘The Two Minute Drill’, and Oliver plays ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ after seeing Renée Fleming in concert...

There's a new piece at LA Opera called 'Anatomy Theatre'. Set in the 1700s, it dissects – literally – the body and mind of a murderer. We examine the gross-out factor of this opera, and see how it stacks up against other bloody opera productions we’ve seen... Then, 'TKO' is back! This time our opera singer death match pits Luciano Pavarotti against Jussi Björling. Can the Swedish Caruso de-throne the King of the High C? We’ll put two of the greatest champions in the ring and let them "duke" it out in Verdi’s 'Rigoletto'. There will be blood, as Tobias Wright and Matthan Black take sides, and Oliver Camacho is the judge... Plus, Giovanna Jacques checks in from the Teatro Massimo in Sicily and George has got all your opera headlines...

Co-host Tobias Wright is back from Florida where he’s been goofing around as part of the Sarasota Opera Young Artist Program. He tries to convince George that he’s actually furthered his career by doing that program. Plus we've got all your opera headlines, Tobias takes our opera Pop Quiz on Giuseppe Verdi, Oliver interviews bass Deandre Simmons, and we tackle an article in the Wall Street Journal that suggests opera companies are finding smaller venues to perform in. But can that success ever transfer to the big opera houses?

After three pilot episodes, Opera Box Score goes live... Your host George Cederquist, along with co-hosts Tobias Wright and Giovanna Jacques, all talk you through what you need to know about the Fall opera season... Plus, test your opera knowledge in our Pop Quiz, and witness the horrors of our TKO segment, where two opera singers battle in a steel-cage death match.