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  • Pisa Hearn: I caught “Tosca” ; at the Vienna State Opera on Friday, May 17, and I can report that... 10:19 AM
  • grimoaldo: “how does the “original version” of In fermen Land differ from what we normally hear... 10:17 AM
  • Buster: Did not see, nor hear, a single Met performance this year, so I did not vote myself. 10:00 AM
  • zinka: GRAZIE..I was beginning to think I was a jerk….(Don&# 8217;t answer that!!!~) 9:53 AM
  • DonCarloFanatic: No. Absolutely not. Still cringing at that Faust, and the Don Carlo just seems wrong, wrong,... 9:52 AM
  • A. Poggia Turra: Here is the program listing for today’s Wagner 200 concert from the Semperoper:... 9:52 AM
  • zinka: Thanks for the comment..Good to know other people hear this overrated,vibrato- less singer…She is not... 9:52 AM
  • DonCarloFanatic: But Buster, if you haven’t seen the performance, then you’re judging it only on the... 9:51 AM

One touch of venous

“Like the hero of Parsifal, who finds the Holy Grail after a lifetime of frustrated wandering, the Met’s audience was finally rewarded for its patience: On Friday, after seasons of mediocrity, the company delivered a magnificent new production of Wagner’s valedictory work.”  [New York Post]