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Hey, google (which knows way too much about me) just informed me of the following:

a) next week is the last week of free Met broadcasts (whatever else you might say about the Met -- and you might say a lot -- I really admired them for the free broadcasts)

b) on Thurs July 22 they are broadcasting the Contes d'Hoffman I keep raving about -- the one with Grigolo, Lindsey, and Hampson, which I just love because all three of them are amazingly great performers. (Also, I have a tremendous crush on Kate Lindsey after watching it, and I already had a tremendous crush on Hampson, and I'd probably have an equally large crush on Grigolo (who is really good) except that he's a tenor, so...) So you (particularly

zdenka because I keep obsessing to you about it, and also

iberiandoctor because Hampson, but everyone else too) should watch it and then come back and talk to me about it!

I should also note that (1) Hampson is getting older and his voice is not quite as beautiful as it once was, but he's just such a great performer I don't even care (2) the staging includes 100% too many random scantily-clad women for as far as I can tell no purpose whatsoever except to inform you that This Is The Met, Bastion of Anti-Progressiveness. So there is that.

My favorite thing about it is that Lindsey and Hampson do this interplay that I adore where they're always very aware of each other, sometimes as enemies, sometimes as allies (they both don't want Hoffman to get the girl), sometimes as... idk... supernatural colleagues where they are the only ones who understand how creepy the both of them are. And I really want someone to write me fic telling me what the heck is going on with them :D

c) Sun July 25 they are re-running the Ballo in Maschera I mentioned here which you should also all watch if you like semi-regie (so maybe not

zdenka, haha).