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Put your hands together for Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has been named Musical America‘s Artist of the Year.

on October 14, 2015 at 5:49 PM
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“But enough about Lou Tellegen,” Miss Farrar snapped.

on August 27, 2015 at 10:49 AM
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Our old friend Heather Mac Donald (not pictured) is back, ostensibly to mourn the loss of ‘Petrarchan intimacy with the past’ in the study of the humanities, but, reliably enough, she can’t help taking a swipe at Regietheater while she’s at it.

on January 21, 2014 at 9:33 PM
Magic Michael Magic Michael

Our Own JJ weighs in at some length about OONY’s performance of I Lombardi over at musicalamerica.com.

on April 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Yellow journalism Yellow journalism

Our Own JJ‘s nominee for 2012 Newsmaker of the Year: the Met’s Peter Gelb.

on December 05, 2012 at 11:12 AM
May I have the envelope please? May I have the envelope please?

Our Own JJ (not pictured) is delighted and humbled—well, delighted anyway…

on November 29, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Geherheimnis Geherheimnis

“Since no opera company in the U.S. has quite got up the courage to present a Herheim production, this webcast offers us a chance to sample this director’s unique style of Regie.”

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