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Cher Public

  • zinka: I enjoy the repartee..By the way, some elements of singing bother certain of us..For me the... 11:18 PM
  • zinka: Look.I adore flawed singers..Moedl is a prime example..i guess we all know we “weigh’ ; voices... 11:14 PM
  • LittleMasterMiles: I agree with Will that the swipe at McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare is gratuitous... 11:12 PM
  • bobsnsane: huh? “La Cieca invites the cher public to open up and discuss any off-topic or general interests... 11:11 PM
  • Camille: Oh for pete’s sake, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!!!! You are nearly as incorrigible as yours truly, I... 10:59 PM
  • Bianca Castafiore: Oh my goodness, I’m not posting this here because it’s wonderful —... 10:52 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: Magicien magnifique. httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=TAWk rNoEfUE 10:36 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: Thanks for being born 200 years ago. httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=7Ttb z_cLOIg 10:33 PM

Kid stuff

Ring mania continues tonight at 9 pm with Siegfried on PBS.

Sibling revelry

Welcome, cher public, to the second night of the week’s Wagnerama, Die Walküre on PBS at 9:00 pm.

Rainbow party

Welcome, cher public, to the first night of our Ring-watching experience on PBS at 9 pm. La Cieca (not pictured) wishes you bon voyage as we begin with Das Rheingold.

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Träume Center

This is Ring week here at parterre.com, cher public.

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Greater performances?

Our sometime correspondent Seth Colter Walls sees in new PBS leadership a chance for a wider reach for “the splashiest happenings in America’s resurgent classical-music culture.” [Newsweek]

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