Haven't done one of these in a long while, so as I surfed through YouTube, I thought I'd offer this clip of the great Beverly Sills from one of her signature roles, "Baby Doe" Tabor, in Douglas Moore's 1956 The Ballad of Baby Doe.I continue to contend that we should look to underperformed operas of the past before we start commissioning new operas (and using precious dollars to do so). Once upon a time (1956 to be precise), Baby Doe was a new opera. So I'm not opposed to new commissions; let's just make sure we don't ignore what's already out there. At the very least, it would be nice if the new commissions had staying power beyond the initial performances.
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