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Listening to Falstaff yesterday I thought about an interview Tebaldi gave in old age–it’s on the VAI re issue of the 1958 Forza del Destino telecast from Naples–where she says that during her long offstage respite in that opera she’d … Continue reading →

On disc and in person, but never so triumphant a final fugue as von Dohnanyi conducted at the Met in 1972–and I was there! I’m going to listen again to the broadcast right now.  As Tebaldi, Resnik, Peters, Grillo, Gobbi, … Continue reading →

The Museum of the City of New York’s fabulous theater collection now is posting visual resources from the collection on line. Naturally I looked at Tallulah first. Then I had to cut short my on line visit or I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

The last time you were splurging at the Vuitton branch on Nevsky–did you know that you were in the building where Nijinsky had his last St. Petersburg apartment? It was very spacious and he lived there with his sister and … Continue reading →

Nora White Shattuck’ s family just gave her a big fete for her 90th. Several weeks ago, she called to tell me she’d liked the Ballet Review interview. I waited until the festivities had ended to call her, and apologize … Continue reading →

Responding to what Laura and I parley-ed about Serenade, Anna Dembowski writes: “I would love to write like Laura. However I disagree with her. Balanchine may have been ‘stylizing away from the moment’ in the 1970’s. But Diana Adams’ performance … Continue reading →

from the new Army Chief of Staff. Under-reported, naturally, by the “mainstream” media, but Mark Karlin at Truthout isn’t shy about pondering how ominous these words are.

I have over the past several days, and I picked them myself.  Some were a little over ripe from the sun, but however mushy or bruised in parts they were all-systems-delicious. It’s like those “Maverick” pears from Harry & David, … Continue reading →

But did you have to get THAT over them?? That’s what I’d like to say to a friend of mine who recently died of something HIV related. When I first knew him decades ago he wasn’t a virgin, wasn’t closeted, … Continue reading →

“Bellevue: Health Care for the 99 %” Saw it on someone and asked about it. Seems it sold out at the Bellevue gift shop. It was printed to go along with a marathon in which Bellevue staff was participating. It’s … Continue reading →