Welcome, beloveds, to the Jessye Norman Memorial Museum. I’ll be the docent for your tour today.
The entire dinner was spent discussing conductors.
Quarantining during COVID dramatically increased my compulsion to collect and compare interpretations.
“Trove Thursday” presents a live Tristan 2 concert featuring one of my favorite dramatic sopranos. Gertrude Grob-Prandl.
A live broadcast of the prologue to Ariadne auf Naxos featuring Julia Varady, a favorite sopranos in a role she sang only rarely.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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