Saturday, February 26, 2011

Quotidian Dope; Vol. 1, Issue 2

- Watch your wallet if you are walking to La Scala or Wien StaatsoperSonja Kohn might just try and pick your pockets. [Newsweek]

- Over 100 children gear-up for ambitious Scottish Opera project in 2014 for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sneak peek will be in 2012 for the London Olympics.[The Herald Scotland]

- Feel like you've been here before? Vinyl fetishists in Natick, MA, have 50,000 reasons to rejoice. [MetroWest Daily News]

- Two brothers (17 and 19) from Flintshire are being dubbed the "panini Pavarottis" by the customers they serve. [BBC Wales]

- 78-year old kicking Bo Derek out and inviting Italian prostitute for the Opera Ball? [Newsday]

- Bringing "fashionista" Renée Fleming to Mississippi pays off for new artistic director. [Hattiesburg American]

- Stanford Olsen takes it to church with a new recording. [Salt Lake Tribune]