According to the Sydney Morning Herald, “The male toilets of Australia’s most famous landmark, the Sydney Opera House, has been listed among hot spots for a hook up point for men cruising sex with other men.”

Jane Eaglen is going to teach young people how to sing.

“By the time her stepfather Herodes starts sucking Salome’s naked breasts, it is clear that nothing will save William Friedkin‘s Munich staging of the 1905 Richard Strauss opera about the petulant veiled princess.”

Oh, and one more thing. If you insist on casting Franco Farina, you really must tell Margaret Juntwait that when she announces the end of Cavalleria, she can’t say, “That horrible scream tells everyone that Turiddu is dead.” (Margaret, we all heard the “Addio alla madre.” After that, the shrieks of damned souls in hell sound like young di Stefano.)