Yesterday,as I said on Fridaay,\u00a0 the radio opera wasn’t an opera – it was a Requiem Mass and a movement from a symphony.\u00a0 But the orchestra was the Met Orchestra, and the Chorus was the Met Chorus, and the soloists – four for each pieces wereall Met Opera stars, and the conductor was the Met Opera Music Director.\u00a0 \u00a0 And, as I listened to the Mozart Requiem, and Beethoven’s Ode to Joy from the Metropolitan opera, I realized it was the second anniversary of the (insert adjective here) Russian war on Ukraine. (At least for now, my adjective is “despicable.”)-\u00a0 Well, the General Manager of the Opera is married to a Ukrainian-American, so it should surprise noone that the Metroplitan Opera does not forget Ukraine.<\/p>\n
I realize this is a little late in the month<\/a>. But I only just received it. And we do have a few days left<\/p>\n This has been on my mind<\/a>. What is so different about it is that the murderers were children – not only the victim..<\/p>\n We already know – those of us who are alert to real news and intelligent enough to think about it – that the two partiea are not the same. So it’s no surprise that these contrasting arguments<\/a> do not have the same legitimacy.<\/p>\n