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But infinitely different — I’ve convened Richard Strauss week, listening to (s0 far) three Ariadnes, one Rosenkavalier, and one Arabella. Each stellar conductor/singer/(sometimes) orchestra makes you feel that that’s exactly the way it should be–no one could be better. And … Continue reading →

I thought, No, it couldn’t be. . . but it was. That kind of olive/Nile green linen slipover, placket midway-down-the-front shirt with purple knit collar– The one I wore a lot in 1988–visual documentation exists in that snapshot of me … Continue reading →

One good thing about Hillary: She’s got Joseph Stiglitz advising her! And the great economist–he’d be a lot better Treasury Secretary than Sheryl Sandberg–is blasting Obama’s lame-duck end-run plans for the heinous TPP.

When I interviewed her for Wilde Times last November, she told me about Wilde and Hayden: “I loved the way they were out of themselves and into what they were doing and what they were expressing. They were real artists … Continue reading →

Why doesn’t the Metropolitan Opera–and opera houses around the country–market themelves as basically the last venues in the United States where you can hear the unamplified human singing voice?

She seems to have no intention of reforming, as her transition team picks demonstrate. As Norman Solomon writes at Common Dreams, “on a vast array of issues—basic principles will require progressives to fight against her actual policy goals, every step … Continue reading →

Once again, there is the sorry spectacle of President Obama committing below-the-waterline injury to his own reputation, giving future biographers lots of fodder for head-shaking, as well as sticking it to the Democratic Party, the country, the planet. This is … Continue reading →

Now that Facebook’s under investigation by the IRS, surely this is exactly the right time for Hillary to be touting Sheryl Sandberg for her cabinet. Undoutbtedly Sandberg would be “creative,” “innovative,” and just as important, oh, so fervid an advocate … Continue reading →

I had decided not to post/link to my book reviews–good, bad, or indifferent–it seemed just too awfully needy, don’t you agree? But someone mischievously persuaded me otherwise in this case. In for a penny, in for a pound, here’s the … Continue reading →

HERE IT IS IN FULL! “At the Birth of Modern Ballet: Where ballet training once focused on strength and stamina, Balanchine insisted on tall, light and fast dancers—Patricia Wilde was the prototype” By Judith Flanders [Aug. 12, 2016 3:51 p.m. … Continue reading →