Catherine Kustanczy

Opera, Ozzy (Osbourne), Susan Sontag, grunge – & how I marked the tenth anniversary of my mother's passing: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/10/08/e...

anyone who follows real estate in Southern Ontario knows this very well.

I really like these takeaways (and the #1 is spot on).

this is extremely common (and is a trait shared w mannnnnny podcasters, eeee)

(ps check your dms)

This is excellent.

AI, do my laundry & cleaning so I can write.

#sigh

yes, there is a real level of calculation with the public signatories. (Also I think this might be continuing the narrative of, "Seeeeee? Only Hollywood elites care about this!" in some quarters... or, "What are you actually *doing* then, dear celebrities?" in others...)

that is my suspicion also.

it's also the logical end point of a decade-plus of (algorithmically-friendly) false equivalence, which has been depressingly normalized across media (including arts media...)

it's laziness coupled w the confusion (conflation?) of effort & difficulty + reward-based everything for not much of the former (something I am finding depressingly common through successive student cohorts). Thinking, reasoning, assessing, understanding... reading, cooking, washing, fixing... sigh.

:)
(... I have yet to see one who inspires!)

remember to wear your coloured ribbons!

accurate

common in the classical world also. Asking that writers be paid / that sites pay their writers for actual labour is regarded as terrible, anti-culture, disgusting, greedy, etc. Because writing about classical/opera is "sacred" & more "holy" & how DARE you suggest ppl not *want* to do it for free...

I feel like this (so far behind) every time I set foot in Europe. (Some days I definitely want/need a tutor... )

Dear post secondary-institutions:

thing I want to shout at my administrators

not surprised (I am full looking at it... )

I am inhaling that burger photo. Eeeeee.

ohhh I love that era (I extend it to roughly 97-98...)

I miiiiiiight know about this too! :D

On opera, singing, camaraderie, real connections, the big four human emotions, embracing your past, and... maybe Wotan just wants a coffee? #music

My conversation with bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/19/n...

😱 !

wearing little ribbons.

Susanna Mälkki: "Allowing The Ear And The Eye To Understand" - The Opera Queen Conductor Susanna Mälkki shares her process in bringing Fauré's rarely-performed Pénélope to the stage at Bayerische Staatsoper last month.

"A good score is [...] like a map. But sometimes the map changes, or the things you notice on the map change once you’ve been on the actual terrain..."
On Fauré, flexibility, drama, & working on Pénélope in Munich: my chat with conductor Susanna Mälkki www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/12/s... #music

<heavy sigh>

I am keen to see the work of New Zealand Opera, not only in Auckland but on their national tours.

#RIP director Bob Wilson (1941-2025).
An utterly singular talent.

(Photo: from Act 2 of Turandot, Teatro Real; by Javier del Real)

this is brilliant.

For all his success abroad, Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley’s heart remains at home A leading dramatic interpreter within the operatic world, Finley’s work has long been noteworthy

Speaking with bass-baritone Gerald Finley was a real pleasure: history (Joseph Rouleau); inspiration (German art song); Canadiana (mosquitoes) -- and he was so great in his Munich recital recently. My new feature for The Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article... #music