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  1. And which of them was your favorite? I've hired 3 from your list and AJ Irons was the best of them
  2. I wouldn't say that ignorance and stupidity run rampant. Priorities have (sadly) changed and people no longer seek the beautiful things in life, like art and good music. Civilization will be doomed when the middle class stops putting an emphasis on academic excellence, which has not yet happened. In the mid-20th century, when classical music venues regularly had sold-out performances, a smaller percentage of the audience had attended university. College graduates are a dime a dozen today, but they never attended music history classes
  3. I've sat through Berg's "Lulu" 3 times and I'll will never go again. My policy is this - if I hear a work 3 times and I still sleep through more than 50% of the performance I have tried my best. For the same reason I'll never go again to Berlioz's "les Troyens" or Mozart's "Idomeneo", though "Don Giovanni" is one of my all-time favorites.
  4. Hello Sydneyboy - how is opera attendance in Australia? Here in the USA sold-out operatic performances are very rare and all the major opera companies discuss audience building as a priority.
  5. I would love, love, love to meet TripleXTransman but he does not travel much. For a while he was on Chaturbate quite regularly
  6. Has anyone met Eli in NYC? Eli_FTM - Pornstar Performer, Rentboy, Gay Massage in New York City, NY | RentMen RENTMEN.EU Pornstar Performer & Rentboy in New York City, NY - Eli_FTM: Let me show you a good time
  7. I have a good friend who lives in Brooklyn. Joan Sutherland, when she was in NYC, used to stay at the huge home of Martin Waldron on Prospect Park West. One day in the 1980s my friend was walking by the house and out emerged Joan Sutherland in an evening gown. The Spirit of Martin Waldron | Operavore | WQXR WWW.WQXR.ORG Blogger Fred Plotkin looks at the legacy of Martin Waldron, an only-in-New York character whose stately Brooklyn townhouse was a haven for opera stars and...
  8. Yes, she moved to Maryland a few years ago to be close to her brother George and his family.
  9. For $8,750,000 you can own the SoHo townhouse that was the home of Leontyne Price for several decades. It is located at 9 VanDam Street and has undergone a total gut renovation. Here is the sales ad: 9 Vandam Street | Compass WWW.COMPASS.COM 9 Vandam Street is a townhouse listed for sale at $8,750,000. This is a 5-bed, 5-bath, 4,576 sqft property. Here is the home as it looked a few years ago: Villager and Groundbreaking African American Soprano Leontyne Price - Village Preservation WWW.VILLAGEPRESERVATION.ORG While it is a well-established fact that our neighborhoods have attracted and been home to some of the most groundbreaking artists and art movements of the past...
  10. Marc in Calif - that is too clever for me to take offense
  11. Opera has always been financially challenging, even in the times of Verdi and Puccini when composers still gave the audiences hummable tunes. The era of Haydn being supported by Prince Esterhazy and Wager supported by King Ludwig of Bavaria had some merit
  12. Yes, Zeb Atlas, whom I hired many many times, was worth every penny
  13. Can anybody identify a historic operatic performance of the past 30 years? When I first took an interest in opera in the 1970s there were people, of an older generation, who seemed to say the only great singers were the dead singers. I am turning into one of them. I cannot think of any operatic performances since 1993 that quality as "historic". Let's look at other 30-year periods and their legendary performances: 1900-1930 (Caruso & Ponselle in Verdi) 1930-1960 (Callas & DiStefano at La Scala, Milanov & Tebaldi in the Italian repertoire, Melchior & Flagstad singing Wagner) 1960-1990 (Price, Corelli, Sutherland, Nilsson, Pavarotti, Domingo)
  14. Do you also remember that cheap silver curtain? aha ha
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