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Sunday Morning Opera: Happy Birthday Placido Domingo

January 20, 2019January 19, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
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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

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Sunday Morning Opera: Tosca

January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the

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Happy Birthday Sherrill Milnes

January 10, 2019January 5, 2019 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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A birthday recital from the greatest voice this nation has ever produced, and the greatest baritone in the history of opera.

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Sunday Morning Opera: Happy Birthday to the Greatest of Them All!

January 6, 2019January 5, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, Music, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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Sherrill Milnes has a birthday on Wednesday.  I will be honoring him, all day, on Twitter, every hour on the hour for the entire

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Sunday Morning Opera: A Recital for My Birthday

December 2, 2018November 30, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Luciano Pavarotti, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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Today is my birthday.  I’ve decided to have a recital of my favorites. One of the fun things about opera is the possibility of

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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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Don’t Be a Janis

October 22, 2018October 21, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CRIME, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes
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I think I angered someone on Facebook when I did not react as I should to a photo of an obviously stoned Janis Joplin. 

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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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Sunday Morning Opera: 50 Years of Placi at the Met!

September 30, 2018September 29, 2018 CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
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Funny thing, I think I’ve seen Placido Domingo at the Met, more than any other tenor. I do think he is one of the

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Sunday Morning Opera: Stormy Weather

September 16, 2018September 15, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Luciano Pavarotti, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
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My personal favorite:

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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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American Voices About America

July 2, 2018June 24, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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One of the beautiful things about opera is the fact that American singers have a tendency to belt out some incredible songs about this

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Tosca, I Need Tosca

June 24, 2018June 23, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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It’s been a rough week.

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Sherrill Milnes & Beverly Sills

June 17, 2018June 14, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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Everyone who knows me knows that I have a fairly strict baritones only, philosophy in life.  Once in awhile a tenor might be needed

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Sunday Morning Opera: Bubbles

June 3, 2018June 2, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Met, New McCarthyism, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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I’m a week late.

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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: A Wedding & A Funeral

May 20, 2018May 19, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Joseph Calleja, Luciano Pavarotti, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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In time for the Royal Wedding, there are weddings in opera.  Very few have happy endings, obviously. There are many marriages in opera. Instead

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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: Wyatt Earp’s Birthday

March 18, 2018March 17, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, WYATT EARP
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Wyatt Earp was born 170 years old ago tomorrow.  And, yes there is an opera for that – La Fanciulla del West.  And, of

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Sunday Morning Opera: Thais Smackdown

January 21, 2018January 20, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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And…finally…

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Sunday Morning Opera: Back to My Roots

January 14, 2018January 13, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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Yesterday was the first time I’ve been able to listen to opera, or the Met since our great loss.  It was very difficult, and

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Sunday Morning Opera:

December 17, 2017December 15, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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I’m still hurting.  The only way I know to handle it is by dealing with the greatest of them all.

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Sunday Morning Opera: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125

December 10, 2017November 26, 2017 CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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Eric Leinsdof Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo Jane Marsh Josephine Veasey This is considered one of the finest recordings of Beethoven’s classic yet created. I

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Sunday Morning Opera: Giving Thanks

November 19, 2017November 18, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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Music to celebrate our country, on our unique holiday week. All voices and composers are American.

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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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Sunday Morning Opera: The Wild West

October 22, 2017October 17, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes
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Fortunately, there is an opera for everything, including the Wild West. La fanciulla del West, by Giacomo Puccini, directly followed his masterpiece, Madama Butterfly. 

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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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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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