11.vii.16 | Show No. 31 | David John Pike!
We took Independence Day off, so we\u2019ve got a loaded show for you this week. Oliver Camacho goes \u2018Inside the Huddle\u2019 with baritone David John Pike, who talks about coaching the role of Scarpia from Puccini\u2019s \u201cTosca\u201d with Sherill Milnes, and also reflects on singing George Butterworth\u2019s song cycle "A Shropshire Lad" on the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme...\n\nBut first, it\u2019s our \u2018Chalk Talk\u2019 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\u2019s responsible? Tobias Wright has some theories to share...\n\nPlus, Giovanna Jacques checks in from the Bellini Museum in Sicily, we\u2019ve got all your opera headlines in \u2018The Two Minute Drill\u2019, and Oliver plays \u2018Monday Evening Quarterback\u2019 after seeing Ren\xe9e Fleming in concert...