a lustrous-eyed mezzo and this piano dude

The Guardian Archival Bit of the Week is worth a look in here. The first part could as easily be a JDD fanperson's review from the more purple regions of the operawebs (It would be impossible to select terms of admiration too strong in which to speak of her “Non più mesta”...), but the show was a double-header (He was warmly applauded by many of the most accomplished amateurs in the town...).

Bob Simon, 1941-2015

He covered war and opera.

"...He was dissatisfied with the Pentagon's pool arrangements for combat reporting. He went out without a guide or military escort last week to report from the front...Such independent reporting is frowned upon by American military officials..." - NYT, 1991

"It doesn't sound like incoming to me, Dan."