★ sylvia ★
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sylvia or sal ★ cowboyverismo on the other site ★ they/them ★ shakespeare at the grad center ★ opera reviews at https://parterre.com/author/sylvia-korman/ ★ maybe the real fanciulla del west was the friends we made along the way
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is it just me or did nobody really care about spotify wrapped this year
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
is it just me or did nobody really care about spotify wrapped this year
came upon a wile e coyote type trap in chicago
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
came upon a wile e coyote type trap in chicago
do you guys remember willard's wormholes. internet used to be so good...
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
do you guys remember willard's wormholes. internet used to be so good...
sorry but I don’t think i’ll be listening to geese. sorry. i’m actually still super busy with the addison rae album
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
sorry but I don’t think i’ll be listening to geese. sorry. i’m actually still super busy with the addison rae album
I miss when subway stations had little shops in them
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I miss when subway stations had little shops in them
really appreciate how madonna gives me permission to dance at the beginning of into the groove. sometimes I’m just not sure if I can dance or not
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really appreciate how madonna gives me permission to dance at the beginning of into the groove. sometimes I’m just not sure if I can dance or not
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[after every single pitch] that’s baseball for ya
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
[after every single pitch] that’s baseball for ya
hip and sexy saturday night
October 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
hip and sexy saturday night
hi everybody what are your can't-miss tristan und isolde recordings... audio or video... thank you love you all xx
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
hi everybody what are your can't-miss tristan und isolde recordings... audio or video... thank you love you all xx
since the new york metropolitans were eliminated from postseason contention I have read over a hundred pages of gravity's rainbow. for this incredible gift of free time and energy I must thank the mets, the cause of and solution to all of my problems
October 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
since the new york metropolitans were eliminated from postseason contention I have read over a hundred pages of gravity's rainbow. for this incredible gift of free time and energy I must thank the mets, the cause of and solution to all of my problems
many librettists in contemporary opera seem to feel it is their job to provide explicit, declarative emotional exposition
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
many librettists in contemporary opera seem to feel it is their job to provide explicit, declarative emotional exposition
in the Box today reviewing Kavalier and Clay. I bet you’re wondering why they made an opera of Kavalier and Clay. Well, having reviewed it I can conclusively say, I don’t know why they did that either. Check it out!
parterre.com/2025/09/29/s...
parterre.com/2025/09/29/s...
Storybored - Parterre Box
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay was, somehow, a fun night at the opera—just not one that felt specifically operatic.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
in the Box today reviewing Kavalier and Clay. I bet you’re wondering why they made an opera of Kavalier and Clay. Well, having reviewed it I can conclusively say, I don’t know why they did that either. Check it out!
parterre.com/2025/09/29/s...
parterre.com/2025/09/29/s...
my dream is that an evil genius will some day adapt david bowie’s insane outside concept album into a full scale opera
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
my dream is that an evil genius will some day adapt david bowie’s insane outside concept album into a full scale opera
it’s so awesome how mr smith goes to washington asks you to believe that claude rains is not only american, but an american senator. and not only an american senator but an american senator from the same state that jimmy stewart is from #TCMParty
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
it’s so awesome how mr smith goes to washington asks you to believe that claude rains is not only american, but an american senator. and not only an american senator but an american senator from the same state that jimmy stewart is from #TCMParty
I download my bandcamp purchases as mp3s for my ipod but I also download flacs "just in case" I ever magically transform into someone who cares abt audio quality. I also used to read choose your own adventure books w a finger marking every decision point. it's possible I wasn't built for success
May 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I download my bandcamp purchases as mp3s for my ipod but I also download flacs "just in case" I ever magically transform into someone who cares abt audio quality. I also used to read choose your own adventure books w a finger marking every decision point. it's possible I wasn't built for success
the met just opened its first salome in 20 years and they may not be answering my calls about what they’re doing with the peter mattei severed head prop after the run but I did get to review it
parterre.com/2025/05/03/l...
parterre.com/2025/05/03/l...
Little girls get bigger every day - Parterre Box
Elza van den Heever and Peter Mattei (and the stage elevator) elevate an assertive, if not definitive, new Salome at the Met
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May 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
the met just opened its first salome in 20 years and they may not be answering my calls about what they’re doing with the peter mattei severed head prop after the run but I did get to review it
parterre.com/2025/05/03/l...
parterre.com/2025/05/03/l...
I reviewed Les Dialogues des Carmelites at Juilliard. Poulenc's tragic and sublime opera is kind of like if everyone in Conclave was a woman and also everyone died at the end. Check it out!
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https://parterre.com/2025/05/01/force-of-habit/
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May 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I reviewed Les Dialogues des Carmelites at Juilliard. Poulenc's tragic and sublime opera is kind of like if everyone in Conclave was a woman and also everyone died at the end. Check it out!
t.co/uIY23iROnL
t.co/uIY23iROnL
I reviewed the Listeners at the Lyric Opera of Chicago check it out
Humdrum existence - Parterre Box
Missy Mazzoli has established herself as one of contemporary opera’s most skilled and subtle architects of emotional response, and her latest, The Listeners—now at the Lyric Opera of Chicago—is no exc...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I reviewed the Listeners at the Lyric Opera of Chicago check it out
Mr. Saxo Beat would be a pretty plausible name for a Pynchon protagonist
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Mr. Saxo Beat would be a pretty plausible name for a Pynchon protagonist
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Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.
losing all my innocence in the backseat 🎶🎶
January 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
losing all my innocence in the backseat 🎶🎶
fantasizing about visiting the irish bnb whose card was in my secondhand copy of infinite jest. “splendid views and blissful peace”…
January 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
fantasizing about visiting the irish bnb whose card was in my secondhand copy of infinite jest. “splendid views and blissful peace”…
“reputations changeable / situations tolerable” kind of an amazing couplet from “handle with care”. who but george harrison would call something “tolerable” in a pop tune?
December 11, 2024 at 10:51 PM
“reputations changeable / situations tolerable” kind of an amazing couplet from “handle with care”. who but george harrison would call something “tolerable” in a pop tune?