the piano guys play the cello song

the best wake-up song

the last couple of weeks have been...carmen-crazy -- on the radio, live from the met -- sunday, in concert, here in cleveland, with a fantastic mezzo, audrey babcock -- on saturday, pittsburgh starts its run of four shows, with rinat shaham, in the lead

well, i've been wanting to get the gypsy song to come on, as my alarm -- on the computer, i-phone, cd/radio player -- i'll have to figure out how to do it

here it is, from verona, where they put on a great show, with marina domashenko -- she's from siberia -- kemorovo -- and, i have to include this name, she studied opera singing in the yekaterinburg conservatory

hvorostovsky's 'il balen'

the met just announced its lineup for next season, and they're doing 'il trovatore' in september, october and february, with the october 3 show kicking off their season's live screenings in movie theaters -- dmitri hvorostovsky will be their count di luna -- i love 'il balen'

i hope i'll be able to make it to cincinnati, in june, to hear stephen powell sing it

it won't be long

the tito special

villazon antics

i watched that great netrebko-villazon boheme movie again -- then watched a few behind-the-scenes videos, including this one, of villazon's antics

gotta love this guy -- he's so cute -- gotta get me one of those rubber noses too

jerry lewis sings, and those old roasts, with rickles & brooks

i came upon these roasts, after i watched 'the nutty professor' (great movie), and i looked on youtube, to record jerry lewis, singing 'that old black magic' -- i think he's a great singer,...and this is a great scene

then, all these...foster brooks...roasts

george carlin: baseball vs. football