Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala chatting about the upcoming production of Adriana Lecouvreur at the Metropolitan Opera

Richard Wagner - Tristan & Isolde - Liebestod - Waltraud Meier

Gustav Mahler 5 Lieder Arranged for Flute and Piano

Maestro Joseph Colaneri with principal percussionist Greg Zuber at the Metropolitan Opera Club, chatting about Il Trittico.

The Glorious Imperial Japanese Navy 栄光の大日本帝國海軍

Friends have asked if I've hauled S/V Bacchante yet.

I remember waving at George H.W. Bush by the U.N., just before the first Gulf War. The men of my father’s wartime generation are nearly all gone. R.I.P.