Dear devotees: As I noted at the conclusion of my last post, today’s target date has been subject to revision owing to other deadlines. Such revision has proved necessary, so today’s article has been postponed until Friday, October 15, when I’ll be reporting on Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the work selected to open the current Metropolitan Opera season. The subject intended for today’s post—a listen to a few young singers of excellent report—will be incorporated into a subsequent piece. 

With live performance at last underway, there will be more of immediate impact to consider, and I’ll endeavor to hold to a steady schedule, with my usual emphasis on our beleaguered canon, with all other matters seen in its perspective.

With best wishes to all,

CLO