All Day Everywhere

Cleopatra and her Antony are at the New York City Opera for a hot minute.

My excitement is diminished slightly by the knowledge that Leontyne Price, one of my many role models, will not be there in gown and headdress.

Barber's 10-song cycle Hermit Songs was produced in 1953 with a grant from the magnificent arts patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.

She, like many others, is dead.

I listen to the music and am thankful for the gifts she has given us.

All Day Everywhere.

Sadly, the Amato Opera is probably closing.