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  • operalover9001: Siegfried from Munich video: http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=GkisP ef77Zg&feat... 3:26 PM
  • Camille: Clita–I am listening since beginning of B.’s awakening but can’t get into chatroom or I... 3:17 PM
  • Camille: I never said that, Ma’am! Bananas are an excellent, convenient, and natural source of potassium, so... 3:12 PM
  • WindyCityOperaman: Born on this day in 1938 soprano Elizabeth Harwood httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=BW48 hfg8PJ8 2:50 PM
  • louannd: Thank you La C for posting the link to Mr. Madison’s blog. A new discovery for me, and another... 2:38 PM
  • willym: well I just talked to the spouse – we looked at the programme again and decided this was a not to be... 2:18 PM
  • oedipe: Willym, I don’t know, but I am willing to give Ceci the benefit of the doubt. At any rate, this is a... 2:06 PM
  • Bill: Willym – the critics say 5 hours – apparently Bartoli sang all 8 of Cleopatra’s arias and... 1:55 PM

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“I think that there will be an increased desire in the future to hear great singing again. Certain operas rise and fall on having the requisite vocal chops, and no degree of theatrical energy or physical glamor can replace this.” So says is IMG Artists Vice President and Artist Manager Matthew A. Horner (known affectionately around these parts as “Little Matthew”) in an interview just published on the arts marketing blog Life’s a Pitch.