I'll be listening. For all the wrong reasons.

[albadger]

Met's New Werther

Tonight at 7:30 pm

Richard Eyre's new production stars Sophie Koch as Charlotte, who "brings a plush, strong voice and aching vulnerability" to the role (NYT). Jean-François Borras makes his Met debut in the title role, replacing Jonas Kaufmann, who is ill.

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So, here it is. I'm going to go to my car, and sit in my car, or maybe drive around so I don't look quite so skulky, and listen to the Met live broadast on Sirius Channel 74. And I'm doing this because the lead tenor is mind-bogglingly woofy.

But IT'S RADIO...