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Caroline Herschel Confronts the Universe

Galilea Are there too many stars, you angry sky, that you should grant me stewardship? Suppose I do not care to interrupt our world, give birth with Mary to a larger life that, cuckoo-like, will hurl me from the nest. … Continue reading

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New Nostalgia. Again.

You have to hand it to Placido Domingo, the General Director of the Los Angeles Opera. In June 2010 he loses $6 MILLION on an ill-conceived and ill-executed production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, and yet in September 2010 he is … Continue reading

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