I wondered why she was gone for so long.
Sad
RIP
Sad
RIP
Rest in peace, Margaret Juntwait (Met radio broadcast host from 2004-2014)
My brother told me this evening that Ms. Juntwait had died. I was very surprised as I had no idea she was ill, or even that she had stopped hosting (I haven't heard a complete Met broadcast since last December, when she was still working). Though I've always been partial to the previous host of the Met broadcasts, Peter Allen, I thought Margaret did a fine job and had a good radio voice. Here's her Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Juntwait
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What is the name of the current Met broadcast host?
Sorry, her name slips my mind at the moment.
Sorry to hear it. She was ill for quite some time. It's probably good that her co-host, Ira Siff, doesn't have to go on the air just now. I sensed that they were fond of each other. For some reason Siff doesn't rate a mention in her Wiki piece.
Mary Jo Heath was her very able substitute. Who they will choose now is still a mystery. It would be nice if they would keep her.
Margaret Juntwait was such a charming, lovely woman with a beautiful speaking voice, and to have to be taken at such a young age -- a tragedy!
Margaret Juntwait was such a charming, lovely woman with a beautiful speaking voice, and to have to be taken at such a young age -- a tragedy!
I must say too that the previous host, Peter Allen, always sounded like such a charming man, and like a throwback to the earlier days of radio. I can still hear his voice in my mind (he was host when I first started listening to the broadcasts in December 1997). As far as I know, he's still living.Mary Jo Heath was her very able substitute. Who they will choose now is still a mystery. It would be nice if they would keep her.
Margaret Juntwait was such a charming, lovely woman with a beautiful speaking voice, and to have to be taken at such a young age -- a tragedy!
I'm old enough to remember when Peter Allen took over from Milton Cross - quite a drastic change in vocal color and approach! Cross always took his opera oh-so-seriously, and Allen's breezy, sometimes flippant manner took a lot of getting used to.I must say too that the previous host, Peter Allen, always sounded like such a charming man, and like a throwback to the earlier days of radio. I can still hear his voice in my mind (he was host when I first started listening to the broadcasts in December 1997). As far as I know, he's still living.
Allen is still alive - but he's like 95 years old, and it would be cruelty to put him back in the box.
How about Lisa Simeone, who's been doing such a good job with "World of Opera"?
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