In this episode, Bobby and Nicole discuss the Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions. The discussion gets very real as the role of a young artist program comes up; are they really servicing young artists? This week's guest is the resident stage director at ARE Opera, Jessica Harika, who speaks with the O.R. about her path and what it is like to be involved in opera and survive in NYC all at once. Nicole denies being a pessimist and claims she is just a realist. Bobby learns how to say GIF. It's the O.R.!!