Ayako Tanaka on NHK Kyoto

Thank you NHK Kyoto!!!💐💐💐@EstebanBenzecry https://t.co/tQqYfqwzNn

— 田中彩子 Ayako Tanaka (@ayakotanaka223) December 2, 2020

Today on NHK Kyoto will broadcast about World premiere Mono opera Gracia 😇 pic.twitter.com/aukoReKabM

— 田中彩子 Ayako Tanaka (@ayakotanaka223) December 1, 2020

Handel's Xerxes

Despite the name, Accademia Bizantina does not specialize in Byzantine music.

"Dialogues des Carmélites"

More items of interest, 3 November 2011

MRM:
Welmer, Bill Bennet Responds to Feedback, Ignores Men, Bashes them Again
Elusive Wapiti, The Lost Boys

Urban Farming:
'Farming' doesn't always mean 'rural' (SCUFI & a video)

Rod Dreher:
Why the table matters and Gopnik, French food, joy

Higher Ed:
The China Conundrum
American colleges find the Chinese-student boom a tricky fit
"It's a business and there are a lot of willing customers overseas."

On the Cultural Affairs Units attached to SF:
CNN: Women Special Forces
Washington Post: In new elite army unit, women serve alongside special forces but first they must make the cut

More Music:
Aisslinn Nosky - Tradition with Attitude - Tafelmusik and H&H Society

Jeff Bridges on Austin City Limits - preview.

Angela Gheorghiu: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera) from Carmen - video

Salvatore Licitra

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Obituary in the Telegraph

Cal Performances and opera fans noted his passing on Facebook.

More videos after the jump.

Angela Gheorghiu - "Homage to Maria Callas" BTS

Steve Burton, È tardi!...the Lisbon Traviata: Scena Ultima?