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  • einfreund: YNS played Siegfried Idyll in Philly this season. I caught the one interpolated into the program on the... 7:11 PM
  • Camille: Tristan und Isolde was better than Demerol, he said! Apparently Baudelaire on his deahbed was only... 7:05 PM
  • marshiemarkII: OK caro I think this will be along conversation so we will start in sections, and I’ll start... 6:53 PM
  • Henry Holland: I love Boulez’ music, it’s a shame that we’re likely not going to get his long... 6:51 PM
  • Hippolyte: I voted in the Pubies for the McVicar Cesare as the worst MET new production of the season. 6:48 PM
  • Will: Let me get this straight, The MET produced Handel’s Giulio Cesare as a “polished, yet vapid... 6:28 PM
  • Sanford: Nicholas is so talented and is really building up steam in his career. And he’s a nice as he is... 6:28 PM
  • Baltsamic Vinaigrette: And there we have it: at last the Met employs a Frenchie, and still they get it in the neck! 6:11 PM

Big Daddy says “bullfighter”

Says the Met press office this snowy afternoon: “Dwayne Croft will sing the role of Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen on February 9, 13, and 16, replacing Teddy Tahu Rhodes, who determined in rehearsals that the role was no longer suitable for his voice. Casting for the performances on February 20, 23 matinee, 26, and March 1 will be announced at a later date.”