Italian tenor Pavarotti is dead --- the headlines announce. I suspect that in the hereafter, my late brother the opera buff is queueing for tickets....
For my bro, it was all part of the experience---some people queue for rock concerts, or new Star Wars movies, but he would get there in the middle of the night to snag opera tickets at the Met....
(He passed unexpectedly in '99, and I still miss him.)
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Date: 2007-09-06 05:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-06 11:29 am (UTC)I imagine we'll hear a good bit of great opera on the radio in the coming days as result. NPR was playing "Nessum Dorma" this morning when I woke up.
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Date: 2007-09-06 03:01 pm (UTC)(He passed unexpectedly in '99, and I still miss him.)