I've cleaned off my desk, done the final proofs for Jerome Morross' BALLET BALLADS, and begun my taxes. While I've worked, I've been listening to the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts of DIE FLEDERMAUS, book by Garson Kanin and lyrics by Howard Dietz. I've got the original 1951 broadcast as well as those of 1954, 1958, and 1963. The 1951 has some sound problems, but 1954, 1958, and 1963 are all excellent to fair sound. I think the 1958 performance is the most consistent sound. The 1963 cast includes Jeanettwe Scovotti, who is the star of the 1963 Lehman Engel-Reader's Digest "Treasury of Great Operettas." She had a huge opera career, but she began in the chorus of the original Broadway production of LI'L ABNER.
I now have to print out my 2010 income and my work sheets. I think the first receipts I will tackle are the subway and taxi receipts.