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Sunday Morning Opera: Remember

November 18, 2018November 17, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA

It will be a year on Thanksgiving day. We remember it for the loss of three critically important people. John F. Kennedy C. S.

Sunday Morning Opera: Don Giovanni

October 28, 2018October 27, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson

My obsessive love affair with opera began on the afternoon of May 6, 1978 when Sherrill Milnes walked onto the stage in Atlanta, where

Sunday Morning Opera: A Richard Tucker Gala

October 21, 2018October 20, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jamie Barton, Leontyne Price, Music, Opera, OPERA, Richard Tucker, Sherrill Milnes

Today is the annual Richard Tucker Gala. In honor of Richard Tucker, well..

Funny How the World Is

October 19, 2018October 18, 2018 Atlanta Braves, Barihunks, BASEBALL, Boston Red Sox, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, HISTORY, History of the Game, Met, MLB Hall of Fame, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, Ted Williams

I was going to bombast about something, but then I realized I just didn’t want to be that way as I write this, in

Live, the Universe, and Heartbreak

October 17, 2018October 16, 2018 CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, FAITH, Music

I hate this time of the year. I dread days that are dank, overcast, rainy, blustery, with dying leaves. I don’t like the first

Sunday Morning Opera: It’s That Time of Year

September 23, 2018September 22, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA

If you are an opera freak like I am, tomorrow is Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Fourth of July, and a birthday all wrapped up

Sunday Morning Opera: My Very Favorite Aria Smackdown

August 5, 2018August 4, 2018 Baritones, Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Erwin Schrott, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson

This is the key to my heart. I love this piece of music. On Saturday, May 6, 1978 in Atlanta, with the Metropolitan Opera

Sunday Morning Opera: The Wagner Version

May 26, 2018May 26, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Richard Wagner’s birthday was May 22. Even though Verdi is my favorite, I think Tannhauser might be my favorite opera, especially the Met’s legendary

Sunday Morning Opera: Su può, si può

May 13, 2018May 12, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside

Today is Mother’s Day. My mother’s very favorite aria was Su può, si può. This is for her. My first exposure to live opera

Sunday Morning Opera: The Day the Music Died

November 26, 2017November 25, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA

There are no words, there is no music. There is only a raw emptiness. My heart aches for four children who are now without

Today the Music Died

November 22, 2017 Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA

There is nothing more that an be said, other than our prayers go out to Florence, Danial, Sasha, Nina and Maxim. They lost their

Sunday Morning Opera: Celebrating Opera

November 5, 2017November 4, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson

This week saw the celebration of opera as a genera, an art form, and way of life. There are those who consider it the

Sunday Morning Opera: Baritones and Stress

October 29, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, Beverly Sills, Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson

You may have noticed I’ve been on autopilot the past week or so. There are reasons. Things were so iffy last night I was

Happy Birthday Dmitri! We Love You

October 16, 2017October 14, 2017 Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Our favorite person now has a lot in common with Mark Twain. Maybe the comparison rather works. There is something terribly important about the

Sunday Morning Opera: Dmitri

October 15, 2017October 14, 2017 Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA

Tomorrow is our favorite baritone’s birthday. I’m just going to do a playlist of favorites in no particular order. Okay, maybe #1 is my

Sunday Morning Opera – Early Birthday Wishes for Verdi

October 1, 2017September 30, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

October is a big month for operatic birthdays, with three big ones all within a few days of one another. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi

Sunday Morning Opera: Tomorrow!

September 24, 2017September 22, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Tomorrow is the day we’ve been waiting for since early May. In just a few hours the amazing chandeliers will begin their journey upward,

Sunday Morning Opera: Tosca, I Need a Tosca Fix

September 17, 2017September 16, 2017 Baritones, Bryn Terfel, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson 1

Just deal with it. Let’s be honest – this is the greatest version of them all. Milnes is Magnificent! With Milnes, you root for

It Depends on Who the White Supremacists Are…?

August 18, 2017August 17, 2017 Barack Obama, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, DEMOCRAT, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Donald Trump, FAITH, George Soros, Hate Crimes, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Neo-Nazi, Obama Administration, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, Racism 1

Liberals are amazing creatures. Currently, it is imperative they destroy President Trump by lumping him in with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, KKK, that sort of

Sunday Morning Opera: The Knightly in Opera

August 13, 2017August 14, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, Bryn Terfel, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson

Yesterday, I created a list of the most chivalrous men in history. What better way to celebrate chivalry than with opera? One of the

Sunday Morning Opera: I Need a Drink

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Erwin Schrott, FAITH, Music, Opera, OPERA, Proverbs Challenge, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson

I need a drink, badly. You will notice a crisp, new Pink Flamingo. There’s a reason for the change and my craving for something

Sunday Morning Opera: Wisdom, Faith, Sex & Violence

July 9, 2017July 8, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, FAITH, Faith, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Right about now you might be wondering how I’m going to blend my Proverbs Challenge (day 3) with Sunday Morning Opera. You think that’s

Sunday Morning Opera: Oh, That Wonderful Smile!

June 25, 2017June 25, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, FAITH, MAIN PAGE, Music, OPERA

Without appearing prejudicial, I think, without a doubt, Dmitri Hvorostovsky has the most wonderful smile I’ve ever seen. Like most honest people who aren’t