RIP Carol Channing, “Just lucky I guess” Over the years, ‘Just lucky I guess’ has [...]
Le 6 janvier, Fête de l’Épiphanie, fête de la galette ! Chaque année arrivent dans [...]
To be able to give a hug to a loved one, a beloved parent, well [...]
As a High School boy in Pavilion, New York, I acted in and did the [...]
Musée d’Orsay. New lighting, new ‘accrochage’ (hanging of the paintings). An obligatory morning visit to [...]
“…And Beauty is a form of Genius – is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it [...]
Cérémonie devant l’Arc de Triomphe : 11h45. Il pleut légèrement. Le ‘Boléro’ de Ravel, joué [...]
Happy Birthday, Joan Sutherland (But wait, every day is a celebration thanks to you !) [...]
« J’ai toujours compté sur la gentillesse des étrangers. »* Que des inconnus puissent devenir [...]
As they say, “La nuit, tous les chats sont gris.” [...]
Lorna Cooke deVaron, Jan. 17, 1921- Oct. 6, 2018 The New England Conservatory of Music [...]
It was a brisk late-September evening exactly 40 years ago, after a month spent studying [...]
Parmi les trésors musicaux que me fit écouter Serge (voir ma publication il y a [...]
The week-end guest of Serge Cheze in Estang Glorious to discover this small village named [...]
It’s a pleasure to share this divine interpretation, provided to me by longtime friend and [...]
I hear it all the time: “If you haven’t used it in six months, throw [...]
“I would like to paint happiness”– wrote the painter Cross who settled in the Var [...]
“Japanese lanterns” were always a recognizable first sign of the end of Summer, and our [...]
“Nostalgia is not what it used to be” (Simone Signoret) Like most of us, I [...]
A recent post from Facebook friend Umberto concerned how to properly iron a shirt. I [...]
‘PROFONDS ABÎMES DU TÉNARE’ l’air de l’Envie From ‘LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE’ by RAMEAU [...]
On n’osait croire à une victoire pareille. Longtemps toute une jeune génération de français souffrait [...]
My very knowledgeable and wise friend Agnès Marion recently selected an iconic beach scene by [...]
Just heard this sad news. Only yesterday, without being aware he had died, I thought [...]
“Une image d’Epinal,” a term to designate a common cliché, or as what I refer [...]
It’s the color I chose for my morning mug of tea, the color of my [...]
“I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have [...]
ON THE ART OF SINGING In a priceless document we hear Joan Sutherland and Birgit [...]
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to [...]
24-HOUR HEALTH UPDATE FROM POOH-BAH: Your endlessly sacrificing and long-suffering servant is suddenly feeling terrific, [...]
