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Miss Price has mentioned that Sam Barber composed some of "Antony and Cleopatra" whilst visiting her at home and enjoying the delicious meals prepared by her companion Lulu Shoemaker

I know somebody who knew Miss Price and was actually inside her house. While she was living there the house definitely did not have 4,576 square feet of livable space with 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.

Acc. to the streeteasy ad "5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms". The architect must be a genius to fit 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms into such a tiny house. He/she must have extended the house in the back, reducing the size of the garden

I've heard that singers like Terfel and Kaufman are very family oriented and prefer to stay on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean to be close to home. Rehearsals and then a run of performances in NY would require a commitment of 5 weeks or more. Cecilia Bartoli does not like to fly (she's said that in interviews) and she may get higher performance fees in Europe. I have never heard Lise Davidsen sing live, but don't you think Cecilia Bartoli is the more important singer of the two? .... albeit singing very different repertoire. On a side note, the finest female singer I ever heard in my entire life was Sydney's own Joan Sutherland.

Does the Australian government subsidize Opera Australia in any way? The Met Opera apparently gets very little money from our government; it relies on the generosity of wealthy benefactors. I read once that if the Met were to sell out every performance it would still only generate 50% of the annual budget. The other 50% has to come from other sources. The other problem is a lack of star singers willing to come to the USA. If Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, or Jonas Kaufman were on the Met roster it would be easier to sell tickets.

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I'm sure many of you have heard of the Met's plan to sell its Chagall murals provided that the buyer will allow them to remain in the Met lobby. Who would agree to that? Also, the endowment fund is below $200 million. The other Met - the Metropolitan Museum of Art - has an endowment of several billion. and the Met Opera should have an endowment of a similar size if it hopes to survive.

My first guess was Massapequa Park, but I think Manhasset is closer to NYC

These are the January 1, 2026 photos of Miss Price's former home at 9 Vandam Street in SoHo. It is still far from being ready for occupancy

I envy your opportunity to have lunch with a legend. I heard her sing live on 5 occasions in the U.S. I later wrote a fan letter to her, addressed to her home in Switzerland. I was overjoyed when she wrote back to me. I still have the letter

He's made many, many porn videos. If he came to Arizona I'd hire him in a flash

I also suspect it is a reason why Mr. von Cron's career never went very far.

Do any of you remember the catty article written by conductor Stephan von Cron? He was hired to be an assistant to Richard Bonynge and wrote about the experience - https://web.archive.org/web/20020803041224/http://operastars.com/sutherland.htm

We have a lot to be thankful for. it was Richard Bonynge, who was a pianist by training not a professional voice teacher, who discovered the full potential of his wife's voice. That says a lot about the profession of voice teachers. I recently purchased Mr. Bonynge's book on Chalet Monet and it is full of wonderful photos. I don't believe their son, Adam, has an interest in opera and he'll probably auction off the collection of memorabilia when the time comes.

I would take Gianna Rolandi over Dessay or Damrau any day ... and I heard all three of them sing live on many occasions. Rolandi took over the Beverly Sills roles at NY City Opera once Ruth Welting and June Anderson had left the company. Sadly, Miss Rolandi ran into vocal problems while still in her 30's, at a time when singers are usually hitting their prime. On a side note, the day after the "Lucia di Lammermoor" telecast I was running around my house performing the flute cadenza. :)