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 [log in to unmask]