Ricky Martin rules.  His is the top name in the announcement from the Los
Angeles Opera for the March 21 gala welcoming Placido Domingo as artistic
director.  This is not a drill:  a true story.  The press release has the
company's letterhead.

Also ran:  Frederica von Stade, Catherine Malfitano, Jennifer Larmore,
Ruth Ann Swenson, Julia Migenes, Samuel Ramey.

"More than a billion television viewers in 187 countries felt the full
force of Rickymania when he performed at the 41st annual Grammy Awards" a
week ago, the opera announcement goes loca over Ricky.  (Just asking:  was
it him singing a duet with Elton John?)

Conductors for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion gala:  Valery Gergiev, Kent
Nagano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and John Williams.

Janos Gereben/SF, CA
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