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  • WindyCityOperaman: Born on this day in 1917 bass-baritone Heinz Rehfuss httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=s... 8:18 AM
  • redbear: Looked at the video after posting. This is the 2007 concert in Japan with the first three sections only.... 6:17 AM
  • stignanispawn: Greetings from Tokyo. Saw Nabucco at the National Opera Palace on Wednesday. It was set in an... 6:06 AM
  • redbear: Dutilleux and Messaien were both marginalized by Pierre Boulez and his group. They asserted that both... 5:43 AM
  • redbear: Not strictly opera but a rememberence of an evening of song. This was the first performance of the... 5:33 AM
  • m. croche: This is by far the most interesting thing I have ever seen done with Delius. Good work, QPF. 1:58 AM
  • laddie: I think Ian is going to need another ciggie and go ’round after this major hijack. 12:55 AM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: Unlike the MET: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=Omn4 SN6lAa8 12:30 AM

Horne aplenty

La Cieca has learned that The Metropolitan Opera Guild will pay tribute to  legendary American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne (right) on Monday, October 31, when stars, fans of opera, and the cream of New York’s society, business, and civic leaders assemble in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria for the Guild’s 77th Annual Luncheon. Read more »