sydneyboy

How do you think it compares with say Thermas in Barcelona or the Brazilian saunas say Lagoa in São Paulo?

Why do they do it to themselves?

Beautiful

I had surgery about 20 years ago and it was a great success.

Great legs

Nicolas, wonderful memories!

How true and so rare! This guy is perfection.

Any updates on Thermas? I hope to be back in a few months.

An absolute stunner

What forum was that?

A postscript. Novak Djokovic has donated his fees from the Australian Open to cancer victims and research. He has been photographed with children suffering from cancer in hospitals in Melbourne. A lovely gesture.

Our man Carlos beat Novak Djokovic last night to win the Australian Open in Melbourne. He was the crowd favourite. A stunning player and a stunning looking man.

Lise Daviden is one of the new generation of super star singers only in her late 30’s. The music director at the Met described her voice as one in a million. She recently sang Isolde in Barcelona to rave reviews. By the way she just gave birth to twins. She has a totally different voice type and repertoire to someone like Bartoli. I heard Joan many times in Sydney and I agree she was a great artist.

The government does subsidise Opera Australia but with the demands on the public purse not to the extent many of us would like. The Covid lockdown period played havoc with OA’s finances and they had to sell property it owned to stave off bankruptcy. Out of interest why are those named singers no longer singing at the Met? I’ve noticed they still get star singers eg Lise Davidsen as Isolde in the current season. I heard her in Don Carlo at Covent Garden a few years ago and she was fabulous. Is there a finer female singer in the world at present?

Depressing but a non uncommon situation for the world’s opera companies. Opera Australia is in a diabolical financial situation.