Monthly Archives: May 2018
The Met’s House Tenors
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 29th May 2018The definition I’m using here is this: A Met house tenor is one who has sung at least 500 performances in leading tenor roles with the company. Thus, comprimario singers are not included. Using this rule there are only six tenors who qualify. They are listed below in the order of their birth followed by…
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Materia Medica
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th May 2018Two new studies that reinforce old points. The first is from the JAMA (Effect of a Low-Intensity PSA-Based Screening Intervention on Prostate Cancer Mortality ): Question What is the effect of an invitation to a single prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening on prostate cancer detection and median 10-year prostate cancer mortality? Findings In this randomized clinical trial comparing men aged…
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Celeste Aida
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 21st May 2018Verdi’s first act aria from his Egyptian opera, ‘Celeste Aida’, is the last Italian tenor aria in the style so often used by the master and his predecessors – recitative followed by a formal aria. Verdi himself abandoned the format in his last two operas, Otello and Falstaff, which followed Aida. Puccini’s tenor arias are…
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World Health Organization to Issue New Dietary Recommendations
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 5th May 2018The WHO has issued draft recommendations that advise less consumption of saturated fats and trans fats. “Dietary saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids are of particular concern because high levels of intake are correlated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases,” Dr. Francesco Branca, Director of WHO’s Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, told reporters….
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