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  • redbear: Not strictly opera but a rememberence of an evening of song. This was the first performance of the... 5:33 AM
  • m. croche: This is by far the most interesting thing I have ever seen done with Delius. Good work, QPF. 1:58 AM
  • laddie: I think Ian is going to need another ciggie and go ’round after this major hijack. 12:55 AM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: Unlike the MET: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=Omn4 SN6lAa8 12:30 AM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: Rossini Carnaval of the Animals (watch the Lindoro Aria) httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=b... 12:11 AM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: KOANGA! httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=4ty_ wCvgEMo httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=T... 11:36 PM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=Mo3h hQTAsC0 11:29 PM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=DAEw aN_gMDU 10:10 PM

On a clear day you can “C” forever

Of course,  we all know a Marilyn Horne anecdote without a four-letter word is about as plausible as a martini without gin, but the tale that kicks off her Q&A with Zachary Woolfe is particularly bracing. You’ll be both shaken and stirred by this interview in the current Capital New York.

Horne aplenty

La Cieca has learned that The Metropolitan Opera Guild will pay tribute to  legendary American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne (right) on Monday, October 31, when stars, fans of opera, and the cream of New York’s society, business, and civic leaders assemble in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria for the Guild’s 77th Annual Luncheon. Read more »