I loved Dan Rodricks’ ode to opera (“Baltimore lost grand opera 15 years ago. It’s coming back,” Oct. 16). For a transcendent moment, check out Luciano Pavarotti’s version of “Nessun dorma” on YouTube.
Baltimore was the birthplace of a great American opera singer, tenor John Aler. Aler sang all over the world and won four Grammys. He was a 1967 graduate of Loyola High School, now Loyola Blakefield, and a classmate. A few Octobers ago, WBJC’s Saturday Opera Preview radio show played several of his arias to celebrate his birthday. Magnificent.
Aler died two years ago, too young at age 73.
— Herb Cromwell, Catonsville
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