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Jeannette LoVetri
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As Good As It Gets
I saw two Broadway musicals today, “Jersey Boys” and “110 In The Shade”. Both of them were terrific. They have all the ingredients that musicals...

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
Is American music as good as European music? Do the Chinese sound good singing rock songs? Is classical music better than rock and roll? Is...

A Difficult Student
Why are some people “hard” to teach? What is it about them that makes them difficult? Fortunately, I no longer have much of a problem...

Cool Vocal Video
We have a new video clip for you to see. It’s an edited version of the interview I did with Theo Bleckmann. The entire video...

When "The Real Thing" Ain’t
For every Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Anna Netrebko, Stephanie Blythe or Juan Diego Flores, there are hundreds, no, probably thousands of wanabee opera...

The Future
Now that Peter Gelb is at the helm of the Met, we can expect that opera is going to go in new directions, whether people...

The Not So Invisible Double Standard
Classical students at colleges and conservatories are still giving graduate recitals as a pre-requisite to getting their degrees, both as undergrads and graduate students. They...

It’s a Man’s World
Little Christina Aguilera, with her Blonde-blonde locks, in her rail thin body, sang the “you-know-what” out of “It’s A Man’s World”, made famous by the...