We are proud to introduce the 2023/24 Ryan Opera Center Ensemble: Kathryn Henry, Lindsey Reynolds, Lucy Baker, Sophia Maekawa, Ryan Capozzo, Alejandro Luévanos, Travon D. Walker, Laureano Quant, Ian Rucker, Christopher Humbert, Jr., Ron Dukes, & Wm. Clay Thompson! 📷 K.Flubacker

Nice to have a moment when the term “crowning moment” is meant literally.

I’m 100% for ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But before posting “give peace a chance” in my feed again, please explain in detail your plan for convincing Putin to negotiate. Specifics please. I’ll read closely & amplify best ideas.

I’m giving this lecture at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, in the morning. OxfordFoodSymp

Dear friends, you can nominate your favorite conductor for the International Opera Awards here: operaawards.org/nominate/ 😇🤗😉

#BREGENZERFESTSPIELE Heute spielen #wirsymphoniker zum letzten Mal für dieses Bregenzer Festspiele Verdis „Ernani“! Hier die schönsten Stimmen zur Oper: pressefoyer.at/de/stimmen-zu-… Besonderen Dank an Enrique Mazzola , an Lotte de Beer sowie alle auf und hinter der Bühne!

Every night this 🔝view ⬇️ 7000 people enjoying #Puccini’s music through this spectacular Bregenzer Festspiele production. So proud to be #ConductorinResidence of this marvelous #festival ❤️🦋 see you later! . . #bregenz #vorarlberg #austria #butterfly Wiener Symphoniker PS music Berlin

Classical masterpieces meet digital innovation: The Salzburg Festival collaborates with Apple Music Classical. Enjoy over 100 years of music history come to life - now available on Apple Music Classical. For more information, click here: apple.co/3OjvAXK 📸 SF/MG

Nach 26 Aufführungen verabschieden wir uns von MADAME BUTTERFLY. Hier geht es zum Abschlussbericht 2023: pressefoyer.at/de/abschlussbe… Wir freuen uns auf DER FREISCHÜTZ von Carl Maria von Weber von 17. Juli bis 18. August 2024.

The Chicago Sun-Times gives THE FLYING DUTCHMAN ★★★★ (out of 4), calling it "magnificently terrifying." Hear Wagner's masterpiece performed by "one of the finest casts in recent history," now through October 7. chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/25/2388…

One of the highlights of my week so far was someone telling me (yesterday) that they had been considering giving their box grater away because it was gathering dust but then they read THE SECRET OF COOKING and realised how many uses it had! Photo by Matt Russell.

Today our last #FlyingDutchman at Lyric Opera of Chicago 🙌🏼 Still a very few tickets available for this magnificent production!!! . #likechicago #onlinechicago #chicagohome #chicagolife #chicagolove #chicagocity #chicagoartist #thingstodoinchicago #richardwagner #hollander @ps_music_berlin

As someone who wrote his note for the Harvard Law Review in 1974 with classmate John Roberts at his side, I find this piece of scholarship highly convincing.

Here’s some January 6th video for you.

Raise your voice for opera this #GivingTuesday! Donate to Lyric today and have your gift doubled, helping your support — and opera — go even further. Learn more: lyricopera.org/givingtuesday (Photo: Michael Brosilow)

This seems like “un must”! Glad you posted.

What a great moment from Nikki Haley at Trump's State of the Union

I am exceedingly concerned about the Twelfth Amendment. John Eastman suggested using it in 2020, and it could be central to stealing the 2024 election by throwing the vote to the House, where each state has a single vote. South Dakota would have as much power as California.

My sense from my four decades as a law student, law review editor and lawyer is exactly the same.

Just fyi: when there is asymmetrical lying, there will be asymmetrical fact checking.