Comments on Seattle Opera's I puritani and a Letter of the (Other) Day

Opera nerds are the kwaziest people.

v.v.

Peace.

v.v. = very, very

you make opera so....intriguing that I buy tix and then end up disappointed. Really fabulous review and then follow-up here. Thx!

@5:

Going to the opera is like thrift store shopping. You know what you're looking for, and sometimes you find it exactly where it should be, and sometimes they have it, but some dumbass has put it on the rack with the dental hygenist scrubs, but you were going that way anyway, so you luck out.

Of course, there are times when they don't have shit for shit.

seattle opera staff is rife with big ol' closet queens, with mr. jenkins being the biggest queen of all. i used to be a opera volunteer, and i couldn't fathom why these guys couldn't be out to everyone, especially in opera! i ask you!

@7:

GURL, after you sang along with the Hojotoho! I played the other night at Slog Happy, I knew I loved you.

Don't get me started with the gayness at Seattle Opera. I've had cast members invite me into their dressing rooms and to after-performance drinks at their apartments.

Someone who'd been in the chorus a long time told me that before I joined, SJ came out to the company. As if that voice needs a coming out speech!

OK, I watched Jen Graves's posted video of a dog nursing kittens. Then I listened to your clip of 9 tenors chasing an F note. See, this is the kind of quality journalism I expect from Slog.

Am not certain you are the one, Nick, BUT: a friend of mine and an opera subscriber spoke with you recently. According to him, you said you would be reviewing Eye Puritani for The Stranger. And then he asked me: "Why do you ever expect me to take The Stranger seriously?" If such is the case, I can understand why SP8 might wish to engage you in a thoughtful conversation.

That certainly was not I, as I speak a million languages and have known this opera inside out since I was 16.