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  • Camille: Well, Wagner did have that French girlfriend near the end of his life, Mlle Judith Gautier — would she... 12:58 PM
  • m. croche: I love the part where she sings: “Euch, theure Les Halles!” 12:57 PM
  • Camille: Thank god it wasn’t a Pop Tart or a bed of roses singing Thaïs! You forgot the one of Renée, Mme.... 12:55 PM
  • Camille: If it be any consolation to you QPF, as it happens and solely at my urging, Monsieur Camille did see... 12:53 PM
  • marshiemarkII: manoucita and oedipe, last Sunday I went to this outing in Cold Spring, Putnam County, NY. Very... 12:50 PM
  • Nerva Nelli: “It’s easy stuff, anybody can sing it perfectly adequately…& #8221; Cependant:... 12:46 PM
  • oedipe: Whatever. One of those French thingies that everybody hates but which will make your opera season look... 12:40 PM
  • kashania: At first I was disappointed that it wasn’t Flagstad. I was looking forward to hearing both her... 12:03 PM

The revolution will be televised

Ah, finally a light begins to break: “60 Minutes is filming a long-planned segment on the Met, with the new production of Rigoletto providing a through line…. When [Michael] Mayer sprints down the aisles onto the stage to tweak a bit of business, he is trailed not just by a couple of staff directors with notebooks but often by a cameraman or two. A Japanese film crew has also been tailing him for its own documentary.” [New York Times]