Divamensch

The Best Opera Recording Grammy for 1991 naturally went to the Met's recording of Götterdämmerung. Ho jo to ho, throw the ring into the...

Christian Marclay's 24-hour film The Clock was in New York in the summer of 2012. I saw nearly all of it over the course of five...

I ran into this on Instagram and had to share - - the (thank Gawd) one of a kind Elaine Stritch doing this show-stopping number from Mame...

The 1990 winner for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album was Take 6 for So Much 2 Say. Clearly I need to do a deep dive into Take 6...

I read in The Times last week about the death of Joey Molland (age 77) of Badfinger. My brother Howard often mentions Badfinger and with...

I was at Cha Cha Matcha on Monday getting a matcha latte for my boss and they were playing this song in the shop. I was briefly out of my...

I'm looking at two of the jazz categories in the 1989 Grammys. Diva: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female - - Ruth Brown for Blues on...

I heard ECCO, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, at a Music Mondays performance on March 10, 2025. It was a total accident that I even...

Dale, Jere, and I saw *Mary Said What She Said* at NYU's Skirball Center on March 1, 2025. It's a one-woman about Mary Queen of Scots,...

I saw this on Instagram and had to share. It’s equal parts impressive and upsetting.

TOP FIVE Trap Dahomey The Substance Conclave Anora Honorable Mention: The Room Next Door Nosferatu A Real Pain TRAP I saw *Trap* with my...

I was pleased to see that the Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition went to John Adams's Nixon in China , long one of my top three...

Karen and I saw *Beckett Briefs* at the Irish Repertory Theatre on Feb 20, 2025. We're both huge Beckett fans and try to see every...

I was walking through Penn Station on Monday, going to work, and the song playing on the radio at the exit on 33rd and 7th was "What I...

I saw on the news this morning that Gene Hackman died at the age of 95. His body was found in his home, also the dead bodies of his wife...

Wynton Marsalis got the 1987 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group for his amazing album Standard Time, Vol 1. The first...

My brother Howard just alerted me to the death of the great Roberta Flack, who died today at the age of 88. She was an amazing singer and...

I cannot get enough of this song. If I had to choose only one Madonna song to be left in the world, without a doubt it would be this one....

One of the big winners at the 1986 Grammys was "That's What Friends Are For." Here's my pairing: Diva: Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie...

I saw Heartbeat Opera's production of *Salome* on February 14, 2025. Yes, it's what I call counter-programming for Valentine's Day:...