

Life is tacky. Deal with it!
Sorry, I can’t help it. I LOVE this music! Where possible, I have used Porgy & Bess. Next week will feature some of the
Once upon a time there was an episode of Bonanza about the good people of Virginia City engaging the top opera singer of the
The past week included dueling tenor birthdays. Let’s face it, as beautiful as the Maltese Tenor is, Placi is venerable.
In the world of opera, it is rather interesting that the most dynamic tenor-baritone duo in history celebrates birthdays about a week apart. Last
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the
A birthday recital from the greatest voice this nation has ever produced, and the greatest baritone in the history of opera.
Sherrill Milnes has a birthday on Wednesday. I will be honoring him, all day, on Twitter, every hour on the hour for the entire
Read MoreVerdi’s masterpiece, Aida, premiered on December 24, 1871, at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo. Let’s be honest. There is only one clip that
Read MoreI loath Christmas music that is sung poorly and six weeks before Christmas. Today is acceptable. It is December 23. And… We
Read MoreGiacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was born on 22 December 1858. It’s a good excuse for a little baritone festival – or…
Read MoreJosé Carreras, survivor, turned seventy-two on December 5. Having lost a cousin and several friends to the cancer which hit him, this is something
Read MoreToday is my birthday. I’ve decided to have a recital of my favorites. One of the fun things about opera is the possibility of
Read MoreIt will be a year on Thanksgiving day. We remember it for the loss of three critically important people. John F. Kennedy C. S.
Read MoreMy obsessive love affair with opera began on the afternoon of May 6, 1978 when Sherrill Milnes walked onto the stage in Atlanta, where
Read MoreI think I angered someone on Facebook when I did not react as I should to a photo of an obviously stoned Janis Joplin.
Read MoreI was going to bombast about something, but then I realized I just didn’t want to be that way as I write this, in
Read MoreI hate this time of the year. I dread days that are dank, overcast, rainy, blustery, with dying leaves. I don’t like the first
Read MoreThe Great Luciano would have been 83 on October 12. We have another operatic birthday on October 16. I can’t do it. Just thinking
Read MoreWe’ve lost another of the all-time greats. Montserrat Caballé, 12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018, has died in her beloved Barcelona. Her bel
Read MoreFunny thing, I think I’ve seen Placido Domingo at the Met, more than any other tenor. I do think he is one of the
Read MoreIf you are an opera freak like I am, tomorrow is Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Fourth of July, and a birthday all wrapped up
Read MoreThe only possible way to describe the voice of Simon Keenlyside, who has a birthday this week, is elegant. Nothing else works. I love
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