The Football [Soccer] Opera! ft. Scott Stroman

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[@ 4 min] This week… George goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Scott Stroman, artistic director of Highbury Opera Theatre and composer of “Fever Pitch,” an opera about football. And by football, we mean soccer…[@ 26 min] And then… It’s the return of ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’, when George reviews Covent Garden’s “Così fan tutte” and “Alcina” at Glyndebourne…[@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Rene Papé is either a fully functioning alcoholic or a homophobe. Or possibly both. Stay tuned as we wade through this PR nightmare…operaboxscore.comfacebook.com/obschi1@operaboxscoreIG operaboxscore

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[@ 4 min] This week… George goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with Scott Stroman, artistic director of Highbury Opera Theatre and composer of “Fever Pitch,” an opera about football. And by football, we mean soccer… [@ 26 min] And then… It’s the return of ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’, when George reviews Covent Garden’s “Così fan tutte” and “Alcina” at Glyndebourne… [@ 37 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill’… Rene Papé is either a fully functioning alcoholic or a homophobe. Or possibly both. St...

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