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  • Lindoro Almaviva: Which Price? Leontine? Cause I have news for you about the last 20 or... 2:16 PM
  • Lindoro Almaviva: And so what? Artists make their choices. Where was Rossini at 60? Fat... 2:12 PM
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Renée herself seemed as if she’d rather be somewhere else. Read more »

Carry my bust with pride

Photo: Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera

Is it just me, or is Patricia Racette on the cusp of turning into Aprile Millo?

(Oh, and while we’re on the subject: it certainly took her long enough, but finally The People’s Diva really looks like a diva! Brava, you go on like this!)

“mi” a name to call herself?

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Just texted to La Cieca:

Am at Philharmonic dress. Her Messiaen was luminous. Far the best thing I’ve heard her do.

Which is excellent, brava, you go on like this. But, La Cieca being La Cieca, you know she is going to harp on this little gem:

Known as “the people’s diva,” she continues to grace the world’s greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her reach to include other mediums.