For the rest of the item that begins -

   Just from singers (and, even more, their agents) comes sufficient
   information to place the cost of a massive buyout of artists'
   contracts by the incoming San Francisco Opera administration at
   around $1 million.  Why, it's almost like real money!

see www.sfcv.org - Music Shorts

(And don't miss the URLs for the Ardoin-Richter Callas CD-R, further
down in the column - it is a living memorial to John, and a must-have
collection.)

Janos Gereben/SF, CA
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