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  • Cocky Kurwenal: FAO Manou (or anybody else who was at Don Carlos recently) – how did you find Haroutounian... 1:40 PM
  • kashania: I’ve seen both Lepage’s Bluebeard/Erwarthu ng and The Nightingale and have praised them both... 1:29 PM
  • Poison Ivy: I’m watching right now. This performance is going to be available on blu-ray/DVD soon. I think... 1:25 PM
  • derschatzgabber: Thanks for the detailed response Krunoslav. Even with the cuts that were common in the first MET... 1:07 PM
  • armerjacquino: prefer my performances as written by the composer and his librettist Which bit of the score or the... 12:59 PM
  • papopera: A real treat from PBS for a change. Although I’m old fashioned and prefer my performances as... 12:56 PM
  • Sanford: From my May 12th recital: httpv://youtu.be/k vThjkLuSUw httpv://youtu.be/X VIzwUaajYs 12:25 PM
  • Camille: Rigoletto is just now starting on PBS stations for all you who may have missed it Friday. Does anyone... 12:06 PM

Thanking you so much

La Scoopenda tries on Vera Galupe-Borszkh‘s mantle of grandezza for an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer (“I don’t even know where Indiana, Pa., is – but I’m going there soon, for a concert”), describing herself as being from the old school, “especially compared to the young turks running around on the operatic stages in Europe these days, sometimes wearing nothing but their underwear. Opera over there has become quite a youthful pursuit and competitive sport.”