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Interesting news: Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster to Join Broadway's Sweeney Todd PLAYBILL.COM The pair will begin performances as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in 2024. Tveit’s voice is so different than Groban’s. I wonder how he’ll interpret the BIG baritone moments. It should be fascinating to see. Sutton Foster should be good. I’m not going to be in NYC while this is playing but I’ll be watching for the reviews! TruHart1 ❤️

Here’s an article with both sides of the story: Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Tannhäuser - OperaWire OperaWire OPERAWIRE.COM In the middle of Act two of the opening night of “Tannhäuser” as Wolfram delivered his “Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise..." TruHart1 😎

I’ve checked with Apollo Phoenix and he’s advised me he no longer takes new clients. He just doesn’t have the time. TruHart1 😎

Hmmmm…Connor Kline. He does look extremely attractive. I’ll keep him in mind. TruHart1 😎

Thanks @Charlie for your expertise in German, and for keeping to the topic. Although the protest at the MET was definitely political, I personally just found it interesting that they chose the Metropolitan Opera as a venue to stage it, interrupting a relatively long performance. I certainly never thought we’d have a non-political joke naming a very politicized SCOTUS justice, though apolitically, both Scalia and RB Ginsberg were known to attend operas together often. I also never anticipated a discussion of opera listener boredom in a thread on the forum created specifically for discussing the musical art! No one is ever forced to read any thread in any topic here, after all! Sometimes the way topics on the Company of Men forum discussions meander is fascinating. LOL!!! As for your German professor, he may have physically turned you off, but most of us want/need to be desired, so finding out about his “little Venusberg” parties later and feeling left out because you were never invited is completely natural. TruHart1 😎

I’m not THAT familiar with the Tannhauser libretto since I listen to Wagner mainly for the singers’ vocal technique and any nuances in interpretation they might add (that music is quite difficult to sing!) In reviewing the broadcast, the singer who sang BEFORE Tannhauser’s Paeon to sensual love was the singer interrupted by the first yell from the protesters. If Wolfram sings in answer AFTER Tannhauser, then the protesters definitely jumped the gun! A side comment: after listening to a broadcast of Jonas Kaufmann singing Tannhauser during his debut of the role at the Salzburg Easter Festival back in March of 2023, I find most interpreters I hear now lacking in their interpretation of the role. Just my opinion, though. 🙂 TruHart1 😎

I feel as if this may have been chosen as a venue for protest because there was a large audience, all of whom would hear their yelled protests. Listening to the Sirius broadcast from last night’s performance, once the protesters began trying to express their reasons by yelling that there would be no opera on a dead earth, etc., I could hear a very large number of the audience begin booing and shouting loudly at the protesters to shut up and stop their disruptions! A more up to date article reporting on this says, “In a statement, the protesters, ‘Extinction Rebellion,’ said the demonstration was timed to coincide with the main character’s declaration that ‘love is a spring to be drunk from.’” That seems incorrect, though, because, if I’m not mistaken, the character singing at the moment of the protesters’ disruption was Wolfram, the baritone, rather than Tannhauser, the tenor and main character! TruHart1 😎

In the middle of the second act of Tannhauser at the Metropolitan Opera last night, climate activists disrupted the performance by lowering a banner from the top balcony seating and yelling. The performance was stopped for a bit less than half an hour while the activists were ejected by police! Afterward, the performance picked up where it was interrupted and continued to the end of the opera! Climate Activists Disrupt Met Opera's Opening Night HYPERALLERGIC.COM “No opera on a dead planet,” shouted the protesters during the second act of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Just a note: looks like Jaden is scheduled to be in Chicago starting this Saturday, December 2 thru 4! TruHart1 😎

Just a heads up, at the beginning of November Jaden moved from his downtown loft to a nice northern suburban area of KC, a little closer to the airport but not too far. TruHart1 😎

LOL! Whether you’re being tongue in cheek (his or yours or both!) in your above statement, if you do happen to find yourself in a city Jaden is visiting, and he travels extensively around the Midwest, with Dallas and Kansas City as his anchors, don’t fail to meet him. You will not be disappointed!!! TruHart1 😎

Let me throw in my 2 cents regarding one of the best escorts available out there! Living in Kansas City, I am lucky enough to see this amazing, hunky young man regularly! He is one of the best but so much more! As I said elsewhere, over the years I’ve been lucky enough to hire him on a regular basis, he has never disappointed me, EVER!!! You cannot go wrong with Jaden! TruHart1 😎

No, not alone @marylander1940 I know Steven Draker was not the most popular poster on the forum, but as noted, he was one of the best escorts I was lucky enough to enjoy multiple times over the years until he retired! Where ever you ended up, Steven, (presumably Belgium!) I wish you only the best, and thank you always for showing me what the best “boyfriend experience” entailed! With an emphasis on TAIL!!! TruHart1 😎

FYI: The beginning of October I received an inquiry from one of my regular escorts when one of their clients told them that all the pictures on their RM ad showing their units had been put into the paid membership area of RentMen. I checked it out, and it was true. I checked other ads there and almost all ads of guys I knew who had proudly displayed their manhood publicly suffered the same fate! Today I noticed a thumbnail on the RentMen pages in my city showing a very impressive endowment, checked it out, along with other ads, and, indeed it appears RentMen has once again changed policy, allowing hard-ons to be seen publicly on escort ads again if the escort ad included them! TruHart1 😎

It may be apocryphal, but I have read in more than one source (though I can’t recall specifically those sources) that whenever Mahler conducted Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in the early 20th century, he became visibly sexually excited as he conducted the opera! TruHart1 😎

Bryan was one of the sweetest men with whom I’ve ever had the privilege of spending quality time…and time spent with this wonderful man shall always remain a treasured memory to me. I will certainly miss him AND his daily shared thoughts and pictures. TruHart1 😎

Impressive photography, @V_Marco!!! AFAIK, Apollo’s work now mostly is as a personal trainer in Manhattan and doing gigs as a stripper at bachelorette parties on Long Island. Since I first met him as Logan through the now defunct Maximum Escorts, he’s kept in touch with me and has always accommodated me whenever I get to NYC. He’s not only one of most professional escorts I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, but he is always so enthusiastic both in bed and out when we get together! TruHart1 😎

Last email address I have for Apollo (which he gave me permission to share) is Dgh97072012@gmail.com. That was a good address last time I checked. If Apollo doesn’t answer that, I will check with him and see if he’s still available at at this time. TruHart1 😎

I recall an incident a number of years ago when I was visiting one of my regular escorts during a Chicago “play” trip. We had just enjoyed a 3 hour session between the sheets and I was getting dressed, when I began to feel lightheaded and had to sit for a few minutes. It felt like I would have fainted if I hadn’t sat down. My playmate got me a glass of water and I rested until I recovered, then I went on my way. That feeling of losing control of myself still haunts me. I talked to my doctor about it later and he said it sounded like I may have been suffering dehydration or low blood sugar, or a combination. That has never happened since, whether I was in the middle of a hire or doing everyday mundane things, and I hope to never experience anything like it again! TruHart1 😎

Ah Xander. The one who got away! Just as I was getting ready to hire your hunky self, you moved on with your life! I remember how impressed I always was with your insightful posts back then, Alex. It’s wonderful to hear how successful you have been and how you feel your escorting was at least a part of the foundation for that success! You impressed me then with your thoughtful down-to-earth posts and I hope that you will continue to share with us here any thoughts you care to in the future. Over the thirteen years I’ve been hiring, I have come to respect and appreciate the men who have given me the joy of sharing their dreams, aspirations and future plans! A true success story! My best to you always. TruHart1 😎

I have found over the years I’ve been hiring, regulars have been the norm for me. If I find an escort who furnishes an excellent session, he will become a regular. However, I do have a very strict budget for escorts so my hiring patterns are shaped by that. Before the pandemic I traveled to Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas and NYC on a pretty regular basis to see some of my regulars. A few also made regular trips to my city. Right now I am down to one regular guy at the moment who travels to my city every two weeks or so, though my budget only allows me to spend time with him about once a month. Another escort whom I saw regularly was affected by the pandemic and is just beginning to travel to me again. He was a regular I saw for many years and we plan to meet again in August. I saw him every three or four months, two times on each visit. I do still try to hire new escorts who interest me now and then, only I find hardly any are regular material for me. As for the regular guys I used to travel to, I keep in touch with most of them (most have actually become friends, even the ones who have retired) but because of that stupid pandemic, I just don’t travel right now! Basically my budget is what makes me keep my regulars down to only once a month or so. I’ve also found over the years that I am usually more satisfied with each regular escort if I don’t see them more than once a month, unless I’m just so horny I let my little head override my financial concerns!!! 😮😮😮 TruHart1 😎

I definitely should have seen the red flags for the 19 year old escort: we set the appointment for the next day, and he not only texted me later that evening, asking if I still intended to see him the next day, but texted me the day of, twice, wanting reassurance that I still planned on keeping our appointment! One other quite unprofessional thing - he remained totally soft during our entire session, so after I had continually attempted to manually and orally rectify that, and I finished, he explained that he had done a cam show where he blew a load immediately prior to my arrival! In addition, he also upcharged me another $50 for him to French kiss! Live and learn!!! TruHart1 😎

Over a period of nearly ten years of hiring, I have always found that the escorts I hired understood if I hired them for an hour or two it was about the time spent in their company. Most of these professionals never asked for money upfront either. But after the pandemic I hired three escorts (separately) who not only required the fees upfront but who believed they were finished whenever they made me ejaculate. In one case I explained that I’d paid for an hour and expected him to complete the hour talking and cuddling. That man did get back into bed but was so angered by it that he nearly refused to talk to me at all, grunting one syllable answers to my questions! One young Latino “kid” required the fee upfront, got me off quite quickly and then acted like he could not understand my English when I tried to explain about me paying for his time and NOT the acts which made me orgasm! Finally, the third guy (a man who said he was only nineteen!) required his payment upfront AND after he got me off, told me that he’d NEVER experienced a client who required any time after they finished. He was so hot and exciting sexually that I believed him because he’d turned me on so much that I lost some of my control and he had me coming in less than twenty minutes! The common factor here is that these three were all so much younger than I usually hire, so it’s somewhat a case of my little head taking precedence over my big head! Anyway, I think I’ll definitely be hiring escorts who are at least thirty from now on!!! TruHart1 😎

Since I’ve never really had a “type,” it amazes me how sexually obsessed I was at around age 16 with Ron Ely of the television Tarzan show!!! TruHart1 😎

Don’t put down Men for Rent Now too much. I met two of my favorite escorts, JC Cortez and Dario Spaniard through that site!!! TruHart1 😎