Bulgaria's Vesselina Kasarova is the latest sensation, and the full glory of her gorgeous and seductive voice. The tenor Juan Diego Florez is an ideal partner here, and the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fagen follows the dramatic arc that makes Rossini's songs so satisfying. He wrote terrific music for mezzos, and Kasarova makes it thrillingly her own. We get out our handkerchiefs at movies, weddings and funerals, weeping as copiously at happy endings as we do at tragic ones. Plenty, and author Tom Lutz, a teacher at the University of Iowa, brings myths, Shakespeare and scientific research to bear on the complexities.
Women cry, and it is now permitted to men.
Bill Clinton has made it an art form. Lutz is grateful for those salty leaks from our orbs, and writes gracefully and appreciatively about them.