Betsy (pictured) writes:
Some people say I dress too gay,
But ev’ry day, I feel so gay;
And when I’m gay, I dress that way,
Is something wrong with that?

Listening choices for Saturday, November 6:

1:00-3:00 CATALUNYA MUSICA: JUDAS MACCABEUS — Vicar’s Delight. Heather Harper, et al

12:00-3:00 LRT KLASIKA: IOLANTA — Maury Donato’s Delight, and so short, too

1:00-5:00 CBC TWO: MARIA STUARDA — Camille’s delight. Bel canto out the wazoo

1:00-5:30 ESPACE MUSIQUE: MAHAGONNY — Harry’s Delight, Up the Revolution

1:00-8:00 KBYU (!): LOHENGRIN from Bayreuth — Phoenix’ Delight, Jonas to burn.

1:00-5:00 NPR World of Opera: THE PEARL FISHERS — Marquise de Meteiul’s Delight, pearls to clutch.

1:00-4:00 KUSF: SALOME — SFGuy’s Delight, so Bagdad-by-the-Bay

1:00-5:00 VPR: DON CARLO — Shirley’s Delight, Rest now, darlin’.

1:00-5:00 WCLV: LOHENGRIN from Houston — Louann’s Delight, long enough for at least two Bellini’s

1:00-5:30 WETA: RODELINDA — Loge’s Delight, all that Baroque

1:00-5:00 WFMT Network: DON GIOVANNI from Houston — Mrmyster’s Delight, with Marius on full display

1:00-5:00 WOSU: NORMA — CallasOrphan’s Delight, I suspect

1:45-5:30 BBC 3: ROMEO ET JULIETTE from ROH —- Armerjacquino’s Delight, a cosmopolitan panoply

2:00-6:00 CESKY ROZHLAS: GIASONE — Florezrocks’ Delight, to broaden his horizons

2:00-5:00 DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR: CARMEN from Barcelona — CruzSF’s Delight, for its intensity

2:00-6:00 DWOJKA POLSKIE: VIRGINIA — Liane’s Delight, because it’s from Poland

2:00-6:00 FRANCE MUSIQUE: IL TRITTICO from Paris — Manou’s Delight, since you get three for one

2:00-7:00 LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA: DIE MEISTERSINGER – Cerquetti/Farrell’s Delight, because it doesn’t have a soprano worth mentioning

2:00-6:00 RADIO 4 NETHERLANDS: FAUST — Quanto Panty Fakor’s Delight, because it has all those videos.

2:00-6:00 RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA: THE TURN OF THE SCREW — Nerva Nelli’s Delight, because it’s such a handy tool

2:00-7:00 RTP ANTENA 2: PARSIFAL from Bayreuth — Lindoro/Almaviva’s Delight, because everybody sings wrong

2:30-6:00 BARTOK RADIO: FAUST FROM Vienna — Sanford’s Delight, because he can sing along

2:30-5:00 RADIO OESTERREICH: MAHAGONNY SINGSPIEL and SEVEN DEADLY SINS plus IL SIGNOR FAGGOTTA — Everybody’s Delight because — well, look at that third opera. Ya know.

2:30-5:00 SVERIGES RADIO P2: ANDREA CHENIER from Kunglige — ClitadelToro’s Delight, because it’s Swedish verismo

3:00-7:00 ESPACE 2: MANON — Poisonivy’s Delight, because it’s stylistically questionable

3:00-6:00 H2R KULTUR: THE TSARINA’S SLIPPERS — La Cieca’s Delight, to shoe her pretty little foot

3:00-7:00 KLARA: KAT’YA KABANOVA — Ruxton’s Delight, because Kat’ya is a Down Underdog

3:00-6:00 LYRIC FM: LA BOHEME from Vienna — Fartnose Magoo’s Delight, because he has to start somewhere

3:00-6:00 RADIO STEPHANSDOM: I VESPRI SICILIANI — OpinionatedNeophyte’s Delight, because there is so much here to have an opinion about.

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