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Sarah Tynan sings 'Beneath the Vine' from Handel's Solomon, an amuse-bouche for her coming performance this summer in Haydn's 'The Creation' at the Mostly Mozart Festival - YouTube

Sarah Tynan sings 'Beneath the Vine' from Handel's Solomon - YouTube

"I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?'

From 'The New Yorker'

Young opera fans in Palermo; the average age in the house is about a third of the Met.

Segesto

Cappellina Palatina detail

Cappella Palatina - Norman exuberance

Cavalleria Rusticana at Teatro Massimo

Verdura Sciacca Sicilia

A nicely restored Karmann Ghia along Amsterdam Ave.

I would serve as his second in a heartbeat, but I fear that should he gut the swine, he would see not blood but pub grease....Duelling advice for Nigel Farage - Spectator Blogs

Duelling advice for Nigel Farage - Spectator Blogs:



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"The Whitest Egyptian Army I've ever seen" A Makeover For 'Aïda?' Revisiting a Met Repertory Staple - WQXR

A Makeover For 'Aïda?' Revisiting a Met Repertory Staple - WQXR

I wasn't aware Grass opposed German reunification - another reason to dislike him! http://www.nysun.com/editorials/gnter-grass/89125/

http://www.nysun.com/editorials/gnter-grass/89125/

Günter Grass, German Novelist and Social Critic, Dies at 87 - NYTimes.com

Günter Grass, German Novelist and Social Critic, Dies at 87 - NYTimes.com:



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The business end of S/V Bacchante zinc'd and ready to go

From the heartland of Ohio, a young music student fires up a coluratura aria from Handel - Da Tempeste - Amanda Forsythe/Apollo's Fire - YouTube

Handel - Da Tempeste - Amanda Forsythe/Apollo's Fire - YouTube:



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La Bergamasca, Marco Uccellini with the Artemandoline Baroque Ensemble, église St Merry, Paris

La Bergamasca, Marco Uccellini - YouTube:



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A short history of family watches - I doubt an Apple watch will make it into the Pantheon!

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Our credo;)

"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work". - Gustave Flaubert

A monument to Chinese tourism?

Vegan hell

Magdalena Kozena - 'Scherza infida' a performance of almost scary intensity.

Management tips from Uncle Joe...Understanding Stalin — The Atlantic

Understanding Stalin — The Atlantic

Happy Passover Pesach 2015 Seder Rube Goldberg Machine from Technion in Israel

While y'all been worrying about what topping you want on that Indiana pizza, our capitulation to the Shia Sultanate appears imminent.

Filmed in the Chapel of Merton College, The Tallis Scholars sing Tomas Luis de Victoria's First Lamentation for Maundy Thursday - YouTube

The Tallis Scholars sing Victoria's First Lamentation for Maundy Thursday - YouTube

Joyce DiDonato breaks it down for you

Claudio Monteverdi - Beatus Vir - Collegium Vocale Seoul 콜레기움 보칼레 서울 - YouTube

06 Claudio Monteverdi - Beatus Vir - Collegium Vocale Seoul 콜레기움 보칼레 서울 - YouTube:



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April Fools! Hvorostovsky, Domashenko, Siurina: La ci darem la mano - YouTube

Hvorostovsky, Domashenko, Siurina: La ci darem la mano - YouTube:



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