The Guleghina Express has left the station

Nabucco at the Met tonight


Maria Guleghina, Queen of Big Things, gives it her all, once again. She could have expired for real, and no one would have been surprised. She is an animal; we were all animals.

I shall attempt a full report as soon as my beaten body reconstructs my auditory system (or what's left of it) and regains the full faculty of its other senses (doubtful).