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  • Bosah: The problem is that, more often than not, “classical music” on PBS means “popera.R 21;... 4:12 AM
  • Buster: Opera South did the first Bieito opera staging ever: Il Monde delle Luna – really bad, not becasue... 2:24 AM
  • m. croche: Let’s just say that Lang was being a bit diplomatic. 2:15 AM
  • Krunoslav: “‘So far, Lang has found few “important operas by important composers” that haven’t been staged... 2:00 AM
  • Feldmarschallin: Here FragendeFrau… ;first Trovatore pic of both of them: https://www.facebo ok.com/photo.p... 1:42 AM
  • steveac10: He appears well qualified, and I’m not going to go as far as the fucking Brits meme, but it... 1:37 AM
  • CruzSF: reedroom, I didn’t know operas, except the Ring, were cut from future summers. That is bad news. I... 1:23 AM
  • CruzSF: Thanks for posting that link, Henry. 1:14 AM

Hall of shame

“What I find bizarre is the insistence that no one—not the school, not Opera North, not the local education authority—is being homophobic. Instead, we have the strange position that, because the children are of primary-school age, these lines are too difficult and confusing for them.”

The lines in question are “Of course I’m queer/That’s why I left here/So if you infer/That I prefer/A lad to a lass/ And I’m working class/ I’d have to concur.” [The Guardian]