I warmed to country and bluegrass, a little, over the years with my Nashville-born wife, after Clara proposed to me on our first date and I rejected her because of her presumed rural upbringing and musical tastes. I never warmed enough to ragas even after 20 months in India, although I still enjoy the sound track to the Satyajit Ray Pather Panchali trilogy. Clara and I came late to opera, and that taste is still developing. It's apt to slow without her or another companion to attend Met Live in HD performances.