So it's goodbye to José Carreras (at last). Is it also goodbye to Rolando Villazon?

Here's a curious, mad and sad occurrence. In the middle of the afternoon I'm rung by the BBC: Jose Carreras has announced his retirement from the opera stage so will I come in and comment on a radio show? I say yes. Twenty minutes later the BBC rings again. Carreras's management has just sent out a message worldwide to say he isn't necessarily retiring from the opera stage. What do we do? We go ahead and do the show as planned. What's happened is an example of the in...

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