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  • marshiemarkII: Manoucita, you just gave me an idea for the perfect new name for Marshie. Since everyone knows her... 6:26 PM
  • armerjacquino: Ok, so my friend who teaches literature at a school in Dublin was very depressed to receive essays... 6:25 PM
  • mercadante: One of the descriptions: Madame Pasta’s voice has a considerable range. She can achieve perfect... 6:25 PM
  • manou: Marshie, marshie – we are talking literary allusions here, not lowering ourselves below the belt.... 6:21 PM
  • zinka: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=6mCu 6dHKWQk So maybe he was not warm and fuzzy..but May 22……... 6:16 PM
  • marshiemarkII: And the even bigger question is are they RIVETING? :-) 6:13 PM
  • marshiemarkII: Manoucita the real question is whether Herr Leopold is the Grosserschwanz und Kleinenhoden or the... 6:11 PM
  • zinka: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=Kqry AVfqnRU TO THIS WE’VE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! One good... 6:11 PM

Blood simple

“One of the things I’m gradually learning as I’m coming up my the 20th anniversary of writing about opera for publication is that you have to be wary about making Pronouncements, because no matter how obvious or intuitive a hard-and-fast rule seems to be, if you write it down where people can find it, one of these days it’s going to embarrass you.” Our Own JJ contemplates François Girard‘s production of Parsifal in the latest installment of Rough and Regie.   Read more »