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Link: Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | ‘I must live up to what people expect’. On stage he is the embodiment of operatic passion and fire. In real life Placido Domingo is the gentlest of men and driven by his … Continue reading →

From the NYTimes Editorial Page, July 8th      We watched the scenes of mass murder in the heart of London yesterday with a cascade of emotions, starting with raw outrage. Memories of Sept. 11, 2001, flooded back – the … Continue reading →

Link: BBC – Radio 3 – Opera On 3 – 8 July 2005. Mozart, Cosi fan tutte.Friday 8 July 2005 19:00-22:15 (Radio 3) Stephanie Hughes presents Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte from The Sage, Gateshead. Sir Thomas Allen directs this simply … Continue reading →

Link: BBC NEWS | In Depth | london explosions. Prime Minister Tony Blair made two statements about the series of explosions in London on Thursday morning. Here is the second one STATEMENT FROM DOWNING STREET, 1730 BST This is a … Continue reading →

Link: Judith Miller Goes to Jail – New York Times. Read it.  Journalism will be changed forever.

Link: BBC NEWS | Americas | US reporter to speak in CIA trial. US reporter to speak in CIA trial Both reporters made inquiries about the source of the leak A US journalist who had faced jail for refusing to … Continue reading →

We are heartened by the replies to the Opera BlogsOpera Blogs Ring invitation on the Opera-l list yesterday.  And looking forward to more… it was a 12+ hour work day and now its 230 am… more tomorrow.

Hope you had a grand time with fireworks and knitting and celebrating our country's freedom and pursuit of happiness (and hobbies!) See what was in the Boston Globe today (on the right) – Its pretty cool!      Sculptor Dave … Continue reading →

Hope you had a grand time with fireworks and food and family and friends celebrating our country’s freedom and pursuit of happiness (and opera!) In other news, Renee Fleming was featured on a special one-hour show on WNYC today.  From … Continue reading →

in light of the O'Connor resignation, here is the next battlefront in the ongoing W war…  the NYTimes Editorial Board weighs in their Editorial Page on Saturday [ here ].  my excerpt below:  She was sometimes called the most powerful … Continue reading →