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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

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

Sunday Morning Opera: Tosca

January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the

Happy Birthday Sherrill Milnes

January 10, 2019January 5, 2019 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

A birthday recital from the greatest voice this nation has ever produced, and the greatest baritone in the history of opera.

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

January 6, 2019January 5, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, Music, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Sherrill Milnes has a birthday on Wednesday. I will be honoring him, all day, on Twitter, every hour on the hour for the entire

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

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

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

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

I think I angered someone on Facebook when I did not react as I should to a photo of an obviously stoned Janis Joplin.

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..

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

September 30, 2018September 29, 2018 CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

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

Sunday Morning Opera: Stormy Weather

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

My personal favorite:

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

American Voices About America

July 2, 2018June 24, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson

One of the beautiful things about opera is the fact that American singers have a tendency to belt out some incredible songs about this

Tosca, I Need Tosca

June 24, 2018June 23, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

It’s been a rough week.

Sherrill Milnes & Beverly Sills

June 17, 2018June 14, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Everyone who knows me knows that I have a fairly strict baritones only, philosophy in life. Once in awhile a tenor might be needed

Sunday Morning Opera: Bubbles

June 3, 2018June 2, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Met, New McCarthyism, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

I’m a week late.

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: A Wedding & A Funeral

May 20, 2018May 19, 2018 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Joseph Calleja, Luciano Pavarotti, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

In time for the Royal Wedding, there are weddings in opera. Very few have happy endings, obviously. There are many marriages in opera. Instead

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: Wyatt Earp’s Birthday

March 18, 2018March 17, 2018 Baritones, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, WYATT EARP

Wyatt Earp was born 170 years old ago tomorrow. And, yes there is an opera for that – La Fanciulla del West. And, of

Sunday Morning Opera: Thais Smackdown

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

And…finally…

Sunday Morning Opera: Back to My Roots

January 14, 2018January 13, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

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

Sunday Morning Opera:

December 17, 2017December 15, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

I’m still hurting. The only way I know to handle it is by dealing with the greatest of them all.

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

December 10, 2017November 26, 2017 CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

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

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

Music to celebrate our country, on our unique holiday week. All voices and composers are American.

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

Sunday Morning Opera: The Wild West

October 22, 2017October 17, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Fortunately, there is an opera for everything, including the Wild West. La fanciulla del West, by Giacomo Puccini, directly followed his masterpiece, Madama Butterfly.