Sylvia Korman

Sylvia Korman is a PhD student at the CUNY Graduate Center a recent devotee of all things opera. They like mezzos in pants, Met Opera student tickets and reading the comments sections. See their tweets at cowboyverismo and people mad at opera.

Go away from my window Go away from my window

Hunger was the note of the night, a sentiment shared between the audience and Proving Up, a lean and hungry one-act telling a story of drought and desperation on the post-Civil War Western frontier.

By on September 27, 2018 at 2:26 PM
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Elements of stile Elements of stile

I’m no fach expert but I will admit the “gay stile” is a new one for me — somewhere between the lyric and the dramatic tenor voices, perhaps?

By on August 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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Accentuate the positive Accentuate the positive

I love the comments that really seem to think they balanced the positive with the negative.

By on August 10, 2018 at 9:40 AM
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The savvy and the non-savvy The savvy and the non-savvy

Sounds like a better Friday night than “what the composer intended.” 

By on August 03, 2018 at 11:43 AM
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Heaven is a place on Broadway Heaven is a place on Broadway

Broadway’s new Head Over Heels is anything but under committed; it’s a show with an irresistibly fun spirit and an infallibly good heart.

By on August 01, 2018 at 10:12 AM
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If I could be with you one scour tonight If I could be with you one scour tonight

“Too sexy” is a hell of an accusation for a woman wearing a giant mesh Brillo pad!

By on July 27, 2018 at 9:56 AM
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“Ah, mascalzone, presto in prigione! Suzuki, il thè” “Ah, mascalzone, presto in prigione! Suzuki, il thè”

Here’s a set of comments that I think really captures the duality of YouTube — two criticisms of Jonas Kaufmann. I won’t say which I personally find more valid! 

By on July 20, 2018 at 7:40 AM
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U mad? U mad?

I found myself engrossed in the comments of bitchy queens and backseat directors.

By on July 13, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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