bursting the cerements

Tomorrow is the prima of the revenant Met Semiramide, last seen in these parts when the current cast* were tweens, and you can listen right here for free at 7:30 ET.

*Meade, DeShong, Camarena, Abdrazakov

Yuletide rhizomes

The Met celebrates the solstice early with this season's Norma 2.0, aka Angela Meade and Jamie Barton. Check it out pretty much anywhere at 1pm ET today, but you can find it at WQXR, OE1, and BBC 3 if you're short of local options.

Update: archived here for the next couple of weeks.

happy imbolc, pagans!