Archive for December 10th, 2010

Untrue West

Friday, December 10th, 2010

By James Jorden Of course it’s insanity in the current financial climate to suggest that the Met should have done a new production of La fanciulla del West this year, even though it’s a very special case: the centennial of the work’s world premiere, which was also the Met’s first world premiere. In fact, to [...]

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Return of the Reluctant Blogger

Friday, December 10th, 2010

by Sedgwick Clark “It’s been two and a half months since you’ve blogged,” e-wailed Web editor Susan Elliott the other day. “Your numbers have tanked, and soon no one will remember you.  Let someone else walk the dogs, OK?” “Gotta get those commas right,” I pled.      Once upon a deadline dreary, while I proofread, [...]

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