[@ 3 min] This week in \u2018Chalk Talk\u2019\u2026\xa0The OBS critics take a look at the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s recently announced \u201822-\u201823 season, including 5 David McVicar shows, 4 new productions, 3 \u2018Traviata\u2019 casts, 2 Yoncheva role debuts, and a partridge in a pear tree\u2026\n\n[@ 29 min] Plus, in the \u2018Two Minute Drill\u2019\u2026 There is definitely one artist who *won\u2019t* be appearing onstage at Lincoln Center this year\u2026\n\nSHOW NOTES & LINKS\nWhat did Jonas Kaufmann mean?\nhttps://operawire.com/tenor-wolfgang-ablinger-sperrhacke-fires-back-at-jonas-kaufmann-over-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/\n\nGET YOUR VOICE HEARD\noperaboxscore.com\ndallasopera.org/tdo_network_show/opera-box-score\nfacebook.com/obschi1\n@operaboxscore\nIG operaboxscore