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  • armerjacquino: Missed this in all the Scala excitement- ta, Nerva. 5:37 AM
  • CruzSF: No need to be sorry, Marcello. I just didn’t want you to miss out. 4:54 AM
  • shoegirl: 418 comments! Good Lord!! 4:29 AM
  • Marcello: Sorry about that. 4:29 AM
  • shoegirl: I did, of course! And was very pleased. I thought Miss Bardon actually sounded far better in that lovely... 4:26 AM
  • CruzSF: That discussion has already started. You can join the others here, part way down the page: http://parter... 3:06 AM
  • m. croche: I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself, Buster. It sounds as though you really caught the... 3:02 AM
  • Marcello: The schedule of La Scala for 2013/14 is now online. Guess who will be singing Annina in the new Traviata... 2:47 AM

Sister act

fattipiuinlaOur Own JJ salutes three sister bloggers (of whom only one is female) in his current Rough and Regie column at Musical America.

The beauty part

TheGoodTheBadTheUglyBurgeoning blogress Poison Ivy asks the musical question “Which operas should have beautiful productions?” La Cieca encourages the cher public to detour to her blog “Poison Ivy’s Wall of Text” and comment on her very interesting and (La Cieca is delighted to note) thought-provoking postRead more »

Nothing can stop the fan

There's some fruitcake out there who apparently wants to kill me!Commenter emerita Poison Ivy (now a blogress in her own right) takes on the dark side of fandom over at Poison Ivy’s Wall of Text. Find out what the fan did! Read more »