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  • Camille: Yes, after I read the article and saw her age, my bubble of elation burst. I think you are quite correct,... 6:43 PM
  • OpinionatedNeophyte: Sounds like a smart move. 6:37 PM
  • Camille: NO chastisement intended. Only a gentle reminder, like your local public library. That UC Berkeley music... 6:35 PM
  • peter: Actualmente, Io t’amo! 6:34 PM
  • Camille: “Amo l’uomo che tu l’ami!” ;!!!!!!!!!! 6:30 PM
  • Camille: Well, LaV., I liked her turn as Rose, as it was the first one I saw and didn’t know any other rose... 6:28 PM
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  • mrmyster: Yay! Just so, operasport. I had exactly the same idea; I think the NYT said Stemme is 49 — and she... 6:20 PM

Junktrunk speaks!

“Of Edita Gruberova‘s debut here two weeks ago, Hanslick wrote in Latin Inches, ‘Not since Elisabeth Schwarzkopf melted the heart of a gazillion year old fan seated far up in the loge of the great Everard Baths has any artist managed to slide both the waggish and buxom aspects of Wagner’s strapping little jailer-girl. Her high F sharps are pure, with the instrumental timbre of a theremin, and she is not afraid to use elbow resonance when necessary’.”

Yes, the judging has begun in the first MadLib competition. Look on this site for an announcement of the winners later today.

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