I am sorry I'm not able to join them (I'd be a spectacular tactical-grade rioter, field trained from the past, still fit, and too old to give a shit). As many have commented here already, the absence of support for the courageous Iranians from the usual Keffiah-twirling Gaza goons, and the cultural left 'antiizionists' is proof for what we already know.

 

Perhaps the most promising moment of the New Year. #FreeIran

 

Puccini still reigns at the house - the Metropolitan Opera with a splendid tribute on the centenary of his death

 

The audience of the Metropolitan Opera standing for the Ukraine 🇺🇦 National Anthem at the house premiere of Moby Dick.

 

Casper David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York: Winterreise for those with Baltic or East Prussian blood, or anyone who lives intensely as a Rückenfigur.

 

'Mein Traum' - The Orchestra of St.Luke’s with the Ensemble Altera choir, joined by soprano Ying Fang and baritone Christian Gerhaher, cond. Maestro Raphaël Pichon, in Carnegie Hall New York.

 

My last Zeffirelli fix. Vecchia zimarra was never so poignant. La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera