ARIA SERIOUS?

No, not that boss. Bruce isn't returning my calls. I'm talking about my boss, Ian Campbell, who just wrapped up directing four performances of Don Quixote. For this event, William Burnett over at Operawarhorses sat down with Ian to talk about Don Quixote , opera in general and every other thing that popped into their heads. So much was covered that Bill broke this into two parts. Part one, which you can read here , talks about Don Quixote . Part two, which you can read here , just went up this morning and covers Ian's origins in opera, his long term friendship with Pavarotti and the state of opera in general in this day and age. Enjoy! -- Edward

Ferruccio Furlanetto and Ian Campbell spent a rainy Monday morning on KPBS radio talking about Don Quixote . Some of you might have heard it live. Some of you might have missed it. If you missed it, KPBS radio has just made a podcast available so you can listen to it at your leisure. You can click here to listen to the MP3 . It runs about 30 minutes. You'll want to turn your bass down, Ferruccio is just that commanding. So commanding in fact that throughout the interview all the women at KPBS ran down into the studio to peer at Ferruccio through the glass window. Next time, we'll bring a bottle of Windex. For those of you in the San Diego area, a special one-hour version of OperaSpotlight: Don Quixote airs tonight featuring wonderful interviews with Ferruccio, Ian, Denyce, Eduardo and the designers that brought this one to life. For a complete listing of dates and times for OperaSpotlight: Don Quixote , click here . For those of you outside of San Diego -- sorry, we won't ...