Monday, April 16, 2012 at 6:00AM

Oliver gives a recap of The Met's HD broadcast of La Traviata with Natalie Dessay...Don't ever say that to a singer...Ailyn Perez wins the Richard Tucker Award...Windows logo adorns The Met's Ring Cycle...Jackie Evancho to sing in Russia.

Oliver's Corner looks at Act 1 of Peter Grimes with tracks by Mystery Tenor 1, Mystery Tenor 2, Mystery Tenor 3, and Mystery Tenor 4.

Plus Guess Who Died and the answer to OPERABUSTERS!

This week features Michael, The OC, Doug Dodson, and Jenny Rivera.

Jenny has made it to the finals for the 2012 Arts Blogger Challenge. Click here to read her post at Trying to Remain Opera-tional and vote! You can vote once a day until Thursday April 19, 12 noon EDT.

And here is the mentioned video of doing your laundry in a foreign land...