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  • Bianca Castafiore: My list of negatives about the Elisir include: boring! boring! boring! A silly little fluffy... 3:15 PM
  • Camille: MarschallinaDue, You’d best invoke Mme. Manou for that operation. I have a method but it is not... 3:12 PM
  • Camille: “I wouldn’t tech them peas o’her’ n”. Or something approximating that. A... 3:08 PM
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  • messa di voce: The Republican Governor and Lt. Governor of Oklahoma have stated publicly that President Obama had... 3:05 PM
  • marshiemarkII: Yes Bianchisssima bed at Met circa 2007 or 2008? 3:04 PM
  • Camille: CLITISSIMA ADORATO!!!!!!!! I am weeping as I write this, for I am so happy to see your beloved and... 3:04 PM
  • DonCarloFanatic: Elisir was terrible. I wanted to like it because Polenzani has a beautiful voice and he actually... 3:03 PM

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]