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Sunday Morning Opera: Oh Holy Night

December 23, 2018December 22, 2018 Baritones, Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, Jonathan Estabrooks, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson
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I loath Christmas music that is sung poorly and six weeks before Christmas.  Today is acceptable.  It is December 23.   And… We

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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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Sunday Morning Opera: Shenandoah Smackdown

September 9, 2018September 8, 2018 Baritones, Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Thomas Hampson
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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: Sharkweek

July 22, 2018July 21, 2018 Baritones, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Music, OPERA, Thomas Hampson
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Yes, you can find a way to celebrate Sharkweek via opera! Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly

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Sunday Opera: Summer Pops Concert

July 8, 2018July 7, 2018 Bryn Terfel, CULTURE, Erwin Schrott, Jamie Barton, Joseph Calleja, Music, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson
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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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Sunday Morning Opera: The Handsome Baritone

July 1, 2018June 24, 2018 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Thomas Hampson
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Thomas Hampson had a birthday on June 28. The man should be sainted for his Cole Porter! The man’s greatest contribution is to American

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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: 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: 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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Sunday Morning Opera: American Songs

September 10, 2017August 30, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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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: Happy Birthday Thomas Hampson

July 2, 2017July 1, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Thomas Hampson 2
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Thomas Hampson is proof that men are basically disgusting and there is nothing fair when it comes to men and women and aging.  He

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Sunday Morning Opera: Songs for My Father

June 11, 2017June 10, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, Thomas Hampson
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My father, Albert P. Reidhead, would be ninety-three today.  We lost him on October 17, 2014.  He loved music, especially songs, having come of

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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: 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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Sunday Morning Opera: I Want to Hold Your Hand (sort of)

January 15, 2017January 7, 2017 Barihunks, Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Erwin Schrott, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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This is my favorite duet. Don Giovanni: There I’ll give you my hand, There you’ll say yes: See, it is not far, my love,

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Sunday Morning Opera: The Heavy Heart Edition

December 11, 2016December 10, 2016 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Melanoma, Music, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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By now you’ve heard the news about our favorite baritone.  It is heart-breaking.  Opera is like baseball.  It does break your heart.  It will

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Sunday Morning Opera: Cheesy Songs & Baritones

November 20, 2016November 19, 2016 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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The best baritone crooning is cheesy. I doesn’t matter who the baritone is, it just needs to be a little cheesy. (I’ve added 1

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Sunday Morning Opera: Largo al Factotum

November 13, 2016November 12, 2016 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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This post is dedicated to President-Elect Donald Trump. I suspect he is beginning to feel like Figero, with everyone wanting something from him. Figero

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Sunday Morning Opera: Là ci darem la mano Smackdown

November 6, 2016November 5, 2016 Baritones, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Erwin Schrott, MAIN PAGE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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This is my very favorite duet. Period. And – a special treat!

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Sunday Morning Opera: National Opera Week

October 30, 2016October 29, 2016 Barihunks, Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Leontyne Price, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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Two things are going on this week. First, it is National Opera Week. Secondly, today is annual Richard Tucker Foundation Gala. The more I

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Sunday Morning Opera: Self-Indulgent Baritone Fix

September 25, 2016September 24, 2016 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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My favorite baritone appears to be morphing into a crooner of the Robert Goulet ilk. Some might think that is an insult, but if

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Sunday Morning Opera: Leonard Bernstein

August 28, 2016August 27, 2016 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson
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I wonder how many people besides moi owe their love of classical music to Leonard Bernstein and his Sunday afternoon young people’s concerts?  I

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Sunday Morning Opera: Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso Smackdown

August 21, 2016August 20, 2016 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes, Simon Keenlyside, Thomas Hampson
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When I was working on today’s post, I noticed something interesting. There are many great baritones, yet very few of them, have a recording

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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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