Now it's funny to see it from that angle.

3 The Pavarotti fan
Possesses only a vague knowledge of opera, has heard Pavarotti’s most popular recordings, and prefers him to any other male singer, including Heldentenors or basses.

4. The classical-staging enthusiast
Tolerates poor singing as long as there are kitschy traditional sets onstage.

1. The Callas-fan bot
Is obsessed with Callas, systematically compares every singer—soprano, mezzo, or even tenor—to her, and hates'em all.

2. The contemporary-singer hater
Despises any singer active today, especially Netrebko, and admires anyone who sang before the 1990s—particularly Callas.

Unfortunately, no, but some of the articles included in that book have already been published in these languages. You can find some of them on Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/scholar?star...
And this one: gyorgylukacs.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

I had the chance to attend one of his seminars at the EHESS (Paris) in 2005. He was 76 years old at the time, and I was mesmerized by his energy and enthusiasm - the seminar lasted more than five hours, and he spoke almost without interruption the entire time.

There might be a problem with the URL, or it could just be my browser.

Unfortunately not, but the manuscript is in progress:)