5.xii.16 | Show No. 51 | Holiday Special! [Part 1 of 3]
The holidays have arrived, and here on the OBS we\u2019re ready to celebrate. How? With a three-part series examining holiday operas, of course. Tonight, we take a closer look at Gian Carlo Menotti\u2019s Christmas opera \u201cAmahl and the Night Visitors\u201d. Tender feel-good show or cheap sentimentality? We\u2019ll tell you what we think...\n\nBut first, we discuss the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s struggle to program new commissions. We\u2019ll let you know what the problems are and how they might be solved...\n\nAlso, you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in \u2018The Two Minute Drill\u2019...\n\n@operaboxscore #operaballs