Only for royalty. 😂

Have a quick noon espresso with an 18-year-old Krystian Zimerman playing Chopin's Mazurka at the 1975 Chopin Piano Competition. He also won the competition, thus becoming the youngest winner of the first prize. ☕

Yup! 😂

I kick the day off with a more dramatic start, with Anna Lapwood playing the final movement of Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony No. 3 Finale on the Royal Albert Hall's grand organ. Have a great day!

Initially, I wanted to post "Hush Little Baby", so here it is. So nice to rediscover this Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin collaboration! 👏👏👏

When the first Three Tenors concert took place, on July 7, 1990, in Rome's Terme di Caracalla, Luciano Pavarotti delivered a cry for lost love with Vincenzo de Crescenzo's "Rondine al nido". This is also a tourist suggestion for those of you who'll visit Rome. I wish you all a great day!

Today I say goodbye with Jan Liebermann playing Tschaikowsky’s Dance of the Little Swans on the organ. Have a great evening!

I'll add to the previous post "In mia man", Montserrat Caballé in a duet with Jon Vickers. Soon I'll have to write a few words here and there about the Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2026 because it's getting close (12 June to 12 September).

For lunch break, between an espresso and a cigarette, I propose Rossini's "The Barber of Seville", Act I Finale, with Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva. Did you know that the premiere (February 20, 1816, in Rome) was a complete bust? Only after that did it start to gain traction and become the success we all know it to be.

For your morning coffee, a short moment with Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma playing Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Flight of the Bumblebee". If you want to take a deeper dive into this, their collaboration began with their 1992 album "Hush" (more than two years at the top of the Billboard Classical).

For today, a flamenco moment with Carlos Montoya performing "Farruca". Starting tomorrow, I should be back with more frequent posting.