Cost disease rampant in city! Cost disease rampant in city!

Intrepid cub reporter Terry Teachout has scored the scoop of the century!

By on July 04, 2016 at 4:18 PM
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A boom with a view A boom with a view

“It’s in the ‘Behind the Scenes’ section of the Lady Gaga issue, involving Brian Mitchell, archivist and occasional child wrangler with the Houston Grand Opera.”

By on September 14, 2015 at 10:30 AM
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Mist opportunity Mist opportunity

“I’m afraid that is not a fact.”

By on January 16, 2015 at 10:47 AM
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So sleepy So sleepy

Oh, Christ, can you fucking believe a spokesperson for the Met chorus is still clanking on about the price of the poppy field in Prince Igor?

By on May 30, 2014 at 9:56 AM
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The Met: What is to be done? The Met: What is to be done?

Coming as Peter Gelb did from the music industry, opera lovers hoped that he would display a more distinctive knack for casting and an improved talent pipeline than Joe Volpe offered during the waning years of his tenure.

By on April 15, 2014 at 1:24 AM
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“Mr. Decker joined Acts II, III and IV by creating a tableau at the end of each act that dissolved into the beginning of the next. It was theatrically effective, but made for a long sit for the audience.”  This, and a whole lot of other hogwash, in The Wall Street Journal.

By on January 03, 2011 at 10:07 PM
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