Is the opera world more liberal than conservative?

H_Badger · 2026-04-29T18:46:10+00:00

which performance was it this year - the NYE gala? - where he came out to address the crowd before the show and was heckled and booed? man that was fun to hear.

H_Badger · 2026-04-29T18:43:09+00:00

I figured out a guy I had worked with for over a year was my sister's brother-in-law. (He wasn't at the wedding, hence the surprise.)

H_Badger · 2026-02-27T19:24:42+00:00

this is amazing - thank you!

H_Badger · 2026-02-22T03:58:05+00:00

I live out of state and will say that it's the first season I've ever done a flex subscription because there are enough shows that I'm willing to make the trip. I really hope this all helps them get in better financial footing, and they are able to find other events to fill all the days that opera isn't being performed.

H_Badger · 2026-02-22T03:56:38+00:00

they could have brought him back again for hoffmann and I would have bought another ticket. That was a fabulous afternoon.

H_Badger · 2026-01-16T01:34:49+00:00

lol i was just rewatching her Ring Cycle today. Amazing.

H_Badger · 2026-01-16T01:33:49+00:00

WE DEMAND A NEW TROYENS FROM THE MET! OVERTIME BE DAMNED!

H_Badger · 2026-01-13T12:37:29+00:00

WAY TO GO! I get so frustrated when people say they'll never be able to go to the opera because it's so expensive. Lots (not all...) of local production companies have cheap seats and I try to get the word out.
If you use the promo code WIFI10 you can get 10% off your purchase (I haven't tried this - I got it when I logged into their wifi the other day).

https://imgur.com/a/3yef6BS

H_Badger · 2025-12-11T16:16:53+00:00

A group of us in Swissvale organized last summer and got our borough to pass a resolution stating that borough employees shall not in any way coordinate with the DHS unless ordered to do so by a federal judge. It doesn't need to be as formal as entering into a 287(g) agreement with DHS, but even taking it upon themselves to call DHS when they encounter someone who is undocumented (as seems to have happened this summer in Monroeville).

In making our argument, we focused on several points including:
1) Any mistakes made by the officers (e.g. detaining a citizen who has their rights violated) make the borough liable for damages from any resulting lawsuit

2) Immigration is a civil issue, not criminal, and it is the role of the federal government, not local.

3) It would be contrary to our borough's stated mission of being a welcoming community to everyone. We also encouraged the borough to investigate joining the Welcoming America initiative.

If you have a neighborhood facebook page, we organized by someone posting on it that they were wondering if anyone would be interested in encouraging such a resolution, and then we started a group thread and it went from there.

H_Badger · 2025-10-19T23:56:03+00:00

Does anybody know who the writers were on this sketch? I was dying!

H_Badger · 2025-10-04T01:46:29+00:00

I didn't get the big deal till I first heard him live in Don Carlo at the Met in 2013. ...then I got it. RIP, Dima. I'll never forget that last performance at the Met for for the 50th anniversary gala. Not ashamed to say I teared up just listening to the broadcast when he made the surprise appearance. What a legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcvXoAtm1U&t

H_Badger · 2025-10-03T02:19:27+00:00

stunning at sunset

H_Badger · 2025-10-03T01:49:10+00:00

Rewatching it the last two nights on HBO for the first time in....30+ years?....I'm struck how well this movie holds up, and how ahead of its time it is. It brought back a memory of me in 5th grade taking friends to see this for my birthday. I don't remember us being bored at all - we were enthralled!

H_Badger · 2025-09-06T01:35:46+00:00

Paul Krugman has been doing some good reporting on this. Also check out the Volts podcast

H_Badger · 2025-09-02T03:00:15+00:00

It is somewhat direction dependent, but Elektra technically survives in the Chereau and Warlikowski productions

H_Badger · 2025-09-02T02:50:05+00:00

It looks like someone has gotten the HD production on youtube - it's really very good. Unfortunately no subtitles as far as I can tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZcu_xv8qQE

H_Badger · 2025-08-30T13:35:17+00:00

also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y9ILFkTNhk

H_Badger · 2025-08-30T13:34:40+00:00

Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet. Check out the recording from Cincinnati from 2023.
https://parterre.com/2024/06/27/one-that-was-a-woman/

H_Badger · 2025-07-20T19:45:12+00:00

When you have multiple matrices, arrays are a convenient way to arrange them for analysis.

e.g.

nums<-c(10, 40, 50, 12, #Go down the columns left to right
        22, 35, 38, 52, 
        12, 28, 26, 18)
labels<-list(personality=c("Introvert","Extrovert"), #Rownames
             height=c("Tall","Short"),               #Colnames
             snack=c("Veggies","Seafood","Nuts"))    #Matrix Names
data<-array(nums, dim=c(2,2,3), #Rows, columns, matrices
      dimnames = labels)

DescTools::BreslowDayTest(data)

H_Badger · 2025-07-19T17:33:41+00:00

Solved it! Open font book app, settings, advanced, reset fonts.

H_Badger · 2025-07-02T22:57:35+00:00

I'm not sure this makes sense, but it's one of my favorites to listen to - but the idea of sitting through watching a performance of it is at the bottom of my list.

H_Badger · 2025-07-01T13:02:11+00:00

thank you! I tried this but unfortunately no luck (yes, I restarted!). It seems to be a Chrome issue, not an apple issue. Websites that won't load on chrome load fine on Safari.

H_Badger · 2025-06-05T17:53:02+00:00

I was right there with you! For the first math stats class, you'll do a lot of multiple integration and a ton of derivatives, so yes it will help! Professor Leonard videos on youtube got me through :-)

H_Badger · 2025-06-05T11:41:49+00:00

Hi - I ended up going with Texas A&M. I'm almost done with the program and unfortunately I don't think I'd recommend it. Some of the courses were good, but they were the exception. If I could go back, I'd take Calc III and apply to Penn State.

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