[@ 2 min] It\u2019s our new segment \u2018View from the Pit\u2019, when we roll up our sleeves and get down and dirty with the best grinders in the business: instrumentalists playing in opera house orchestra pits. We chat with Metropolitan Opera Principal Trumpet David Krauss about the Triumphal March from \u201cAida\u201d, and about his own podcast \u201cSpeaking Soundly\u201d...\n\n[@ 24 min] Then, in \u2018Chalk Talk\u2019\u2026 It\u2019s our recap of the 2022 International Opera Awards: who triumphed last week at the ceremony in Madrid\u2026?\n\n[@ 39 min] Plus, in the \u2018Two Minute Drill\u2019\u2026 Can you imagine the Vienna State Opera without a music director? The house\u2019s general director Bogdan Roscic can\u2026\n\nWe\u2019re back with an all-new show next week when we pick the winner of the 2022 Men\u2019s World Cup with our patented Opera Prediction\u2122 method\u2026 Join us!\n\nSHOW NOTES\nwww.artfulnarrativesmedia.com/speaking-soundly-podcast\n\nCONNECT WITH US\noperaboxscore.com\nfacebook.com/obschi1\n@operaboxscore\nIG operaboxscore