It's a miracle that there hasn't been a gritty reboot of Rebecca already.  (This is not a request)

Hell yeah.  I'm most excited about L'Elisir D'Amore and Un Ballo in Maschera, but I've got Maria Stuarda checked on my can't-miss list.

Hell yeah.  I'm most excited about L'Elisir D'Amore and Un Ballo in Maschera, but I've got Maria Stuarda checked on my can't-miss list.

Typically, I like my opera staging… let's say unobtrusive, if not minimal.  So not my cup of tea as far as that goes.  But the music is by far the most important part anyway, so: definitely worth watching/listening to.

Typically, I like my opera staging… let's say unobtrusive, if not minimal.  So not my cup of tea as far as that goes.  But the music is by far the most important part anyway, so: definitely worth watching/listening to.

Page views and comment numbers don't necessarily correlate.  Still, like you, I'd love to see more of this/could do with less of that.

Page views and comment numbers don't necessarily correlate.  Still, like you, I'd love to see more of this/could do with less of that.

Irony would be giving the money to Adbusters, wouldn't it?

Irony would be giving the money to Adbusters, wouldn't it?

Three hours and twenty-three minutes of Costner drinking his own pee. 

Three hours and twenty-three minutes of Costner drinking his own pee. 

There are times when the obvious answer is the correct answer — and this, my friends, is such a time.

There are times when the obvious answer is the correct answer — and this, my friends, is such a time.

I was always faintly relieved to know that Faulkner had no sisters.

I was always faintly relieved to know that Faulkner had no sisters.

Somewhere, Ryan Murphy is furiously scribbling notes for a new sitcom…

Somewhere, Ryan Murphy is furiously scribbling notes for a new sitcom…

I wouldn't expect extensive, serious coverage of opera/classical on the AV Club, obviously.  But I don't see why they can't dip their toes in occasionally.  I doubt the grade-A Culture Police will come storming down their doors, or pelt them with monocles on their way out of the multiplex.

I wouldn't expect extensive, serious coverage of opera/classical on the AV Club, obviously.  But I don't see why they can't dip their toes in occasionally.  I doubt the grade-A Culture Police will come storming down their doors, or pelt them with monocles on their way out of the multiplex.

I wouldn't be surprised.  I learned a lot on a Glenn Gould related thread a year or two ago; I was a little surprised then.  (I don't post much, but I've been posting here forever — well, five years or something, which feels like forever.)