Thanks, for the kind words, Maggie! Nuthin' from NPR yet, but I live in hope. . . .

I get a kick out of the end of the Dmitri/Renée duet where, even though it's a concert situation, he starts to drag her off-stage. I saw a television interview with Renée Fleming; when the interviewer asked her what it's like to work with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, she panted and fanned herself!

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Some voices are really one-of-a-kind.

What can I say?   More to the point, What can HE say?

Don Firth