European Opera is Not ‘White’ Music: National Public Radio says about the dumbest thing it could possibly say when it comes to opera

American Thinker ^ | 10/30/2023 | Leah E. Stevens

[Miami Rebel]

Yes, and it’s closer to the original book than to the Kubrick movie.

[Miami Rebel]

Tales of Hoffman is great AND his only opera. We happened to be in New York and saw a wonderful, Dali-esque production at the Met.

By dumb luck the scheduled Olympia was indisposed and the replacement was Rachele Gilmore who made her Met debut as a cover. She got one of the biggest ovations I ever heard in that theater, and I’d seen Sutherland, Pavarotti, Kraus, Carreras, Vickers, Sills, and Jessye Norman there. You can see a video of the performance of it on youtube, Search “rachele gilmore doll song.”

[nopardons]

Thanks for the suggestion; I shall try to find it on YouTube!

You've seen a LOT of the GREATS and some of my favorites, in person, which is wonderful!