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Category: Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Sunday Morning Opera: Remember

November 18, 2018November 17, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA
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It will be a year on Thanksgiving day.  We remember it for the loss of three critically important people. John F. Kennedy C. S.

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

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

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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
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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

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Live, the Universe, and Heartbreak

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

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Sunday Morning Opera: It’s That Time of Year

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

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

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Sunday Morning Opera: The Wagner Version

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

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Sunday Morning Opera: Su può, si può

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

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Sunday Morning Opera: The Day the Music Died

November 26, 2017November 25, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA
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There are no words, there is no music. There is only a raw emptiness. My heart aches for four children who are now without

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Today the Music Died

November 22, 2017 Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA
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There is nothing more that an be said, other than our prayers go out to Florence, Danial, Sasha, Nina and Maxim.  They lost their

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

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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
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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

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Happy Birthday Dmitri! We Love You

October 16, 2017October 14, 2017 Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
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Our favorite person now has a lot in common with Mark Twain.  Maybe the comparison rather works.  There is something terribly important about the

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Sunday Morning Opera: Dmitri

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

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Sunday Morning Opera – Early Birthday Wishes for Verdi

October 1, 2017September 30, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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October is a big month for operatic birthdays, with three big ones all within a few days of one another.  Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi

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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
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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,

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

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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
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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

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

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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
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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

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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
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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

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Sunday Morning Opera: Oh, That Wonderful Smile!

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

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Sunday Morning Opera: Father’s Day Smack-Down

June 18, 2017June 17, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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Let’s face it, when we go to discuss the role of fathers in opera, we automatically just fast forward to Verdi and that’s that. 

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky On How to Sing, When to Live Painfully

June 8, 2017June 7, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Faith, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA
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 I translated this from Russian. The world-famous and beloved opera singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky came to Russia – took part in a grand gala concert

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Sunday Morning Opera: My Met Top 50

May 21, 2017May 20, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Erwin Schrott, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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We opera fans are a strange bunch of fanatical and very insane individuals.  We’re as bad as baseball fanatics.  Quite often we are one

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Sunday Morning Opera: Baby What a Big Surprise!

May 14, 2017May 13, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA 1
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  “…There are standing ovations, and there are standing ovations. Those looking for one of the superlative kind would have witnessed an example last

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Sunday Morning Opera: “New” Met @ 50!

May 7, 2017May 6, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, Sherrill Milnes 1
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This evening the Metropolitan Opera will celebrate 50 years at Lincoln Center.  When it opened, the NY Times gushed: “…On September 16, 1966, the

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Sunday Morning Opera: The Return of Our Fave

April 30, 2017April 28, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Music, OPERA 1
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On Wednesday, in Toronto, Dmitri Hvorostovsky did a concert with  Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov.  There are some obvious things to notice.  First, he

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Sunday Morning Opera: The Ultimate Baritone Smack-down

March 5, 2017March 5, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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I have resisted temptation long enough.  In honor of the 225th or the 56th birthday Gioachino Rossini, I’m just going to do it.  Deal

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

screen-shot-2016-10-29-at-10-50-47-pm SJ Reidhead (aka The Pink Flamingo) is a writer based in New Mexico. The author of two published novels, both westerns: Dust Devil and The Second Mrs. Earp and two published works of non-fictions: TRAVESTY: Frank Waters Earp Agenda Exposed and A Church for Helldorado, Endicott Peabody's 1882 Tombstone Diary. One of the leading authorities on the life of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone during the Earp years, she is writing a series of murder mysteries set in modern day Tombstone. The author is also working on a book about fashion in the Wild West. When complete, there will be over 2100 unpublished antique photographs dating from 1855-1910.

The author's work has appeared in Wild West, True West, Blogcritics, and The Tombstone Times. Recently the author has had to deal with a father who succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. This is leading to a book dealing with the frustrations of dealing with the frustrations of the disease, finance, legal, health-care, and things no one bothers telling families about it. A portion of the book will contain entries from a blog she kept, detailing the struggle with her father's AD. She is also working on a murder mystery series set in modern day Tombstone and Cochise County. Several books of essays on Christian living are currently in edits. A book of essays and revisions of articles about Wyatt Earp has been completed and will include her latest work detailing her theory about the murder of his second wife, Mattie.

SJ Reidhead has been involved in Republican politics since she was 'a little kid'. During the Reagan years she was a lobbyist working with various non-profit organizations who were attempting to salvage NASA and the American space program after the disastrous Carter years. In spite of ups and downs, and numerous disappointments, politically, it is obvious the only political hope for this country is via the Republican Party. Along with politics she is an opera fanatic, has been known to stalk baritones to the point of being a baritone junkie, and loves baseball.

The Pink Flamingo went on line on October 4, 2005.

THE PINK FLAMINGO STORY

It started out as a joke. During the seven years I worked with the girls of my parish, leading a youth group, one of the things that I stressed were manners. Part of having manners, the way I see it, is to know how to set a proper table, host a party, cater it, and clean up afterward. I was fortunate enough to have a group of very talented girls in my youth group. They learned how to plan for, and execute large church functions, very properly. During one such function I noticed there were several incredibly tacky pink flamingos sitting on the table. Knowing the girls were up to something, I said nothing. A few months later they did the same thing at a function I was hosting at my home. I said nothing. They had a birthday party for me. More pink flamingos appeared - and a joke was born.

Thanks to the girls, all of whom are now grown, I have a collection of pink flamingos. It has become an ongoing joke. When I began working on my political blog, I realized the only possibly title was The Pink Flamingo!

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