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Gut reaction

alvarez-blogsThe real problem with opera today, according to Marcelo “Mouth of the South” Àlvarez?  Could it be tubby tenors with teeny voices? Actually, no. The problem is… blogs.

Dirty, disgusting, filthy, lice-ridden blogs. [Image based on a photo by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera]

70 comments

  • manou says:

    How good is your Belgian?

  • Sanford says:

    I love their waffles! And it’s Flemish. And he sang most of his songs in French. With the most exquisite trilled rrrrr’s

  • Bluessweet says:

    Sanford I love your fuck you attitude.

  • manou says:

    Do you know “Les Flamandes”?

  • rapt says:

    Bluessweet, just to correct a misunderstanding at 56 that may have passed unnoticed, I don’t believe Sanford’s recital has gone by yet–it’s in May, no?

  • Bluessweet says:

    Yep, you are right. He said, “The REHEARSALS have gone well.

  • Bluessweet says:

    Now everyone will.

  • manou says:

    Merci sweet Blue.

  • Bluessweet says:

    I saw Jacque Brell is Alive.. in the ’60s and baught the Album. Later. in the 79-81 eara I came upon a volume 4 of Brel recording, so I have that as well.

  • Bluessweet says:

    I saw Jacque Brel is Alive.. in the ’60s and bought the Album. Later. in the 79-81 era I came upon a volume 4 of Brel recordings, so I have that as well. In those years, people with good taste could produce stuff that live in people’s minds yet today. Today, it’s all SPECTACLE.

    Sorry, I sent before I finished.