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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. :)

For me a PBS telecast of "Lucia di Lammermoor" from the New York City Opera made me an opera fanatic. The year was 1982 and Gianna Rolandi sang the title role. The drama, the coloratura high notes, the dark atmosphere did it for me

Yes, indeed. I never heard Callas sing live but I was lucky enough to hear Sutherland on 5 occasions - all memorable

Yes, 10+ years ago. I met him once - a nice personality, masculine, and hot body

I am not a fan of Bartlett Sher. Every production he's done at the Met made me think "I preferred the former Met production".

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oops, my bad. It must be Boucher. I knew it was the 18th century French room that was reinstalled on the 2nd floor. I hope they also restore the pipe organ on the staircase and have it played for the museum visitors

Isn't the Fragonard Room up on the second floor now? For me that's more "wow" than "meh"

I'm amazed Derek Atlas is still alive.

For a brief moment I thought of the famous Mario Lopez working as a male escort .... my heart jumped!