tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post7878927885164868202..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Are you there, god? It's me, MaurgretMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-20511131973710790092008-01-15T23:03:00.000-05:002008-01-15T23:03:00.000-05:00I guess I chose my spoils in accordance with the l...I guess I chose my spoils in accordance with the likelihood there's anyone across the card table from me, as it were.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-69511046855716181622008-01-15T22:59:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:59:00.000-05:00Interesting choice in your bogus Pascal's Wager. W...Interesting choice in your bogus Pascal's Wager. Why not:<BR/><BR/>Dear God:<BR/><BR/>Please send us a gaggle of Heldentenors that can sing Wagner, Strauss and the late romantic rep and if you could, throw in a few Hoch Dramatische sopranos to sing Isolde, Brunnhilde, Elektra and Turandot? OK, just reanimate Birgit Nilsson ca. 1960, that'll do.<BR/><BR/>Asking for a bundle of Verdi sopranos, tenors and baritones would be sheer greed, so I won't bother.<BR/><BR/>Thanks God!Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-40009235350452008592008-01-15T17:16:00.000-05:002008-01-15T17:16:00.000-05:00Racette is actually debuting Manon Lescaut in San ...Racette is actually debuting Manon Lescaut in San Diego...in 2010. Here's hoping she brings it to the Met shortly thereafter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-22200707658631625042008-01-15T17:12:00.000-05:002008-01-15T17:12:00.000-05:00Gert, I sometimes wonder if it looks like I do the...Gert, I sometimes wonder if it looks like I do these things on purpose...<BR/><BR/>'tis a pleasure to be read, comment when the Comment Muse moves you.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-46044476835847249702008-01-15T15:50:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:50:00.000-05:00I don't wish to be nic-picky, but are you sure it'...I don't wish to be nic-picky, but are you sure it's 2007<BR/><BR/>(and I'm sorry, this seems like a pathetic comment to leave. I read you a lot, mainly through Bloglines but rarely commentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com