@rowenamezzo You mean, it available on your smartspeaker? However did you find that out???

My first thought is, "Which Ravel piano concerto do they mean?" Then I think, "This is Friday Night is Music Night. The other one is far too abrasive ..." Or possibly just too left-field.

Gripping insight evening about @lfotweet's May/June UK premiere of Avner Dorman's 2017 opera about the Wagner legacy. Not quite what you'd expect ... It opens with a quartet of swanee whistles but also tackles the thorny stuff. Susan Bullock is Cosima.

@JasonPalmer1971 @BBCRadio3

@ArianeTodes Oh, I'm sure Bernstein was no trouble at all ...

@ArianeTodes He's just wonderful here.

@Operanow Die Frau ohne Schatten - Hildegard Behrens and Gwyneth Jones, Paris, Palais Garnier.

"We are an opera singer."

Just one instance of 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHILIP!' round the base of the cake?

@Cageian @operamagazine I suspect that seeing it live makes a difference. At moments yesterday he made it feel like you were sitting in the corner of a Beisl with him and setting the world to rights together.

@olddguy I've seen it ... quite some time ago. It was @Sadlers_Wells in a production by @Opera_North. Photos below as seen in @operamagazine. Ancient history 🤣

@roger_vignoles @wigmore_hall @pianomalk I have to confess I wasn't aware of your @hyperionrecords recording until I was doing my pre-recital reading ... @TimAshAsh loved it in @GramophoneMag.

@GeorgeHallMusic @wigmore_hall @pianomalk I'd be very happy to sit through it again, but it really needs a singer who can strike the right tone(s), simultaneously gemütlich and gimlet-eyed. 'Heimweh' was definitely the highlight for me ... Ein halb Mal lustig, ein halb Mal traurig ...

@pronouncedsham It seems that The Times They Are A-Changin'.

@ArianeTodes Big interview with him here (also interviews on YouTube).

@AnnetteRubery I read 'Parkrun' as some kind of arcane Nordic word.

@maxinekwokvln @BarbicanCentre And it's so good to hear from people who so love what they do for a living and who sort of just get on with it, no matter what. Bravi tutti!