Approximate survival time of that dumb character in "Columbo" who tries to blackmail the murderer:

I've seen 17th-century operas more believable than this.

Opera could use more bears, honestly.

It's officially August.

When Verdi does a reverse "Jaws" …

PSA: your organist this morning will be transposing the closing hymn down. You’re welcome.

Alan Jay Lerner, Louis Jourdan, and Barbara Harris at rehearsals for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1965). digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c6a50120…

Go ahead, take a sip, and we'll evade cadences and talk about Schopenhauer for another three hours.

Robert Redford in "Barefoot in the Park" on Broadway (1963). digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d8b9c40…

Patricia Routledge (1929–2025) rehearsing with Jule Styne for "Darling of the Day" (1968). digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e30712b0…

Boo. 👻🧙‍♀️🗡️

Jules Bastien-Lepage, "All Souls' Day" (1878). mfab.hu/artworks/69/

This guy, on a technicality.

Everyone needs a specialty, I guess.

Salomon van Ruysdael, "Still Life with Turkey" (1661). collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/…

Vasari writing about Michelangelo: