It’s been ages since we had a proper Blogorama, and folk have periodically asked when we’re going to do another. Far be it from me to close my ears to the plaintive cries of the District’s bloggerati: Let’s do it up this coming Thursday, April 7, at the traditional home of Blogorama, Rendezvous Lounge at […]

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I’ve just stopped by the website for this season’s performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Chicago’s Lyric Opera, which I’ll be heading out to see in about a week. Many of the performers are the same singers I saw in the Met’s 2004 production: Jane Eaglen as Brunnhilde, Placido Domingo as Siegmund, and, of course, […]

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