COMMENTARY:  "DESERT ISLAND TENORS"
(THE MOST THRILLING RECORDED TENOR HIGH NOTES, POST-1950)

FEATURE:  TOP OF THE FACH
(THREE WAGNERIAN DIVAS:  LINDA WATSON, LISA GASTEEN, AND NINA STEMME)
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FEATURE:  "SOUND DIRECTION"
(VOICE TEACHERS DISH ABOUT VOICE STUDENTS)

COMMENTARY:  "UP, UP, AND AWAY"
(THE MOST THRILLING RECORDED COLORATURA HIGH NOTES, POST-1950)

ARTICLE:  THE DOORS AND MAHAGONNY
(THE MANY LIVES OF THE SONG "WHISKEY BAR")
IN THE SAME ISSUE:
COMMENTARY:  "ARRANGING THINGS"
(WHAT MAKES A CROSSOVER ARRANGEMENT GREAT -- OR AWFUL?)

COMMENTARY:  "GRAMMY GROANERS"
(THE GRAMMYS' ALL-TIME WORST CLASSICAL/OPERA PICKS)

COMMENTARY:  "A BATTLE BY THE BROOK"
(WHO IS THE BEST INTERPRETER OF SCHUBERT'S DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN?)

COMMENTARY:  "CRITICAL CONDITION"
(ARE NEWSPAPERS DUMBING DOWN ARTS JOURNALISM?)


ARTICLE:  "PATRONIZE THYSELF"
(ALLEGED TIT-FOR-TAT AT NEW YORK CITY OPERA)

    
COMMENTARY:  "GUNS N' ROSENKAVALIER"
(VOCAL ANDROGYNY AND THE MALE CAMBIATA VOICE)

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