Updated 23 May 2005

Commentary!

Effeminato Amante: Is Tolomeo supposed to be gay?

The Volpe Era: Dawn Fatale's indictment of the Met under Uncle Joe

Les excuses de M. Alagna: the tenor apologizes for tactless anti-gay remarks

Ou va la jeune andouille: growing up with New Orleans Opera

Busted: your editor gets thrown out of the Met

Interview with the Castrato : remember that "Farinelli" movie?

Impossible Discs: casting that might have been

Ask Dr. Repertoire: is there anything he doesn't know?

I'm not an opera queen!

Missed opportunities: perfect casting that never happened

Respect: Faye Dunaway as Callas Modesty forbids: what others say about parterre box