After some clean-up from last week...Are Young Artist programs ruining the next generation?...Filianoti is in for Lucia, and then out...black opera singer returns to Texas in triumph...William Friedkin backs out of "An Inconvenient Truth"...our now weekly dirge for Connecticut Opera and now Nevada Opera...Ruth Ann Swenson backs out of Fledermaus after hurting her calves while moving...Plus Guess Who Died, Oliver's Corner and the return of OPERABUSTERS!This week we feature Oliver Camacho and welcome back Doug Dodson.

SF Opera cuts back (or do they?)...Gelb is the most hated man at The Met?...Tommasini(weenie) sucks up to Trebs and Don Rolando for Lucia...DiDonato brings FURORE to Kansas City...Florestan (John Villars) "escapes" from the stage of Fidelio...Ruth Ann Swenson sells her condo (I'm glad somebody did!)...Canadian tenor buys out Carengie Hall...plus more!As always Oliver's Corner AND Michael's Corner!This week we feature The OC and Matt Boresi, back from exile.

Peter Gelb sends out a call for help, and lets us know they are running out of money...George Steele is back in town...and good riddance says Dallas...Marilyn Horne makes the beat go on...Repo! The Genetic cinematic good time?.And of course Oliver's Corner and Guess Who Died? This week we feature The OC, Sarah Moule and Doug Dodson.

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Happy Holidays!