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  • Baltsamic Vinaigrette: Bravissima Bianca, well done MMII and commies to manou! I had a late night at Kurt... 7:30 AM
  • manou: Fear not, Batty – the webcasts will stay online “available to watch until 11.59pm on Saturday... 6:09 AM
  • manou: Corrections welcome? happened, Barbiere… (couldn’t resist) 6:00 AM
  • soubrettino: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=44KA _2iTY_c 5:57 AM
  • A. Poggia Turra: Yes, I think that Arte (and specifically Arte LiveWeb does make a distinction between... 5:53 AM
  • manou: Marshie: it would be entirely fair for Bianca to have the ice cream – I’ll have the wafer. We... 5:40 AM
  • oedipe: Arte always does things this way, AFAIK: they call it “live” but there is a 1/2 hour or so... 5:14 AM
  • Feldmarschallin: This just in from BSO. In der Neuproduktion von Simon Boccanegra (Vorstellungen am 3., 6., 9.,... 4:55 AM

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking

No, not a Regie quiz—though that feature will return soon enough now that the season is up and running—but rather an image from the new Dmitri Tcherniakov production of Jenufa for the Opernhaus Zürich. Read more »

One furtive tenor

SHOWBIZ Operastar 144450“Mexikanische Startenor” Rolando Villazón has canceled tomorrow night’s performance of L’elisir d’amore at the Munich Opera Festival due to an “acute infection.”  Speaking of “a cute,” substituting in the role of Nemorino will be puppylicious Pavol Breslik. [via]