A brief contribution to the New Yorker's Goings On About Town section, touching on three subjects that have lately caught my attention: the astounding life story of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch; Lauritz Melchior's deft turn in the 1946 comedy Two Sisters from Boston; and Raphaël Pichon's sumptuous new recording of the Monteverdi Vespers, with the Pygmalion ensemble.
