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Two weeks ago Harlem’s Chipped Cup coffee shop was in the news after a customer launched an internet campaign against them for placing a pro-gay message on their menu board during the Supreme Court hearings on marriage. That customer performs in local opera productions and tonight the Chipped Cup will see some love from more equality-minded members of the opera …

(Tipped by JMG reader Piet)

From voiceover artist D.C. Douglas.

A 21 year-old French opera star singing in Corsican? Doesn’t feel very Eurovision, does it?

Clip description: On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choristers from 28 participating organizations to perform one of the Knight Foundation’s “Random Acts of Culture” at Macy’s in Center City Philadelphia. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ – the world’s largest pipe organ – the OCP Chorus and throngs of singers from the community …

(Tipped by JoeFromSFO)

Gayest thing ever? (Tipped by JMG reader Brian)

A ten year-old opera singer blew away the competition on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night. She so scarily good, half of the commenters on YouTube are screaming, “Fake! Lip-sync!”

My loyal companion Aaron writes from his exile in Oregon to suggest that opera fans here on JMG would enjoy Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten, which comes out today. A review in the Guardian UK headlined Boys, Bitching, Brilliance notes: Benjamin Britten’s early years are often ignored, overshadowed by the spectacular success of his opera Peter …

Malcolm McLaren, Madame Butterfly, 1984. One of my absolute favorites of the decade. There’s not much to the video, just a bunch of bored Robert Palmer girls pouting in a sauna, but man this track used to kill during morning music sets at Fort Lauderdale’s Copa. Wait for Betty Ann White’s last note. Take it away, Cho Cho.

Last night Aaron and I attended opening night of Salome at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. I know less than zero about opera, so all I had to go on was a quick glance at the Playbill synopsis before the chandeliers went up. It was all in German, so with my seatback subtitle thingy, here’s what I got: -Slutty …