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  • Camille: Oh, Ava is so beautiful in this part -- what's not to love? ...
  • quinquin1: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csKwhUIbrvs&feature=rela...
  • quinquin1: Damn, i hope the make a dvd of this!!!! Jonas and Anja in DO...
  • brooklynpunk: This is even making me nostalgic for the rather horrible MG...
  • Camille: Okay, I concede that the speech styling sucks.
  • Camille: "grateful to hear it AT all", I meant.Thanks guys for th...
  • Camille: I am very grateful to hear it all -- they are doing it in a ...
  • brooklynpunk: ...I admit, that the reprise of Old Man River, at ...
  • brooklynpunk: Nathan Gunn DOES have the correct singing style dow...
  • brooklynpunk: GM:..perhaps I am in a real contrary mood today... I t...

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Woolfe whistle

avery-tex-wolfLa Cieca’s old, old, old friend Zachary Woolfe will take to the airwaves tomorrow morning to discuss, among other less titillating topics, the controversial omission of pastied boobage from the Met’s impending HD of Les Contes d’Hoffmann.  You can hear Zack on WQXR’s Arts File at 8:30am, on 105.9FM or wqxr.org.

The Metropolitan Opera, Live in PG-13

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Condescending to opera lovers across America — and cheating both Bartlett Sher and Squirrel out of the simple joys of partial nudity — the Met has decided to censor the December 19th High Def broadcast of Les Contes d’Hoffmann! Read more »

happy “birthday”

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“Opera singer” Katherine Jenkins is “29 years old” today.