Rosemary Ceravolo wrote:
>How about getting the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld Trinity to cough up the extra
>$4 million out of their own deep pockets or from the billions approved
>for their Iraq Operatics? But it's not likely that any of them have
>ever heard of the Sat. matinee broadcasts from the Met in the first
>place.
I think Rumsfeld and Cheney are savvy, educated guys, so don't be
overly sure about the above statement. Cheney's wife Lynne is definitely
arts-aware. I didn't catch the White House Douglas-fir lighting ceremony
this year on C-Span, but last year, an Asian soprano from The Met appeared
and sang "O Holy Night" and aced all the high notes. W appeared impressed.
Laurence Glavin