The singers are genuinely psyched to be here, especially those who've sung (in Denver) before.

We planned on stopping (subscriptions) on the Monday after opening weekend, ... But we shut it off on Aug. 23. We are at 62 percent. That's insane - it's unheard of for us.

We see a lot of cardboard, glass, and plastic bottles in commercial garbage bins that should be recycled. We're more than happy to work with businesses to get them started with recycling and we hope they'll cooperate.

Ellie had a wish list.

What we have been doing seems to have worked well so we won't be changing anything for this one.

Now audiences will be able to hear opera the way it is supposed to sound.

I think having fresh legs there did help the scrummaging effort. We got more stability and that was important at that stage of the game.

He (Bargh) has done everything expected of him and he certainly hasn't been dropped though any lack of form. But there are advantages in having two halfbacks with different styles of play and he (McKenzie) will give us that..

We need to be a lot quicker in forming our defence and a lot more assertive when we go in for the tackle.