The same night, when he spoke with Stefan Zucker, the host of WKCR's "Opera Fanatic," he faulted the Mayor for not taking enough interest in the arts.

But, in fact, a piece of the Millo family story was told two years ago, with surprising viciousness, in Opera Fanatic, a small-circulation New York publication.

The Mayor was interviewed on "Opera Fanatic," a radio program on WKCR-FM.

She also appeared in a hilarious interview by Stefan Zucker in Jan Schmidt-Garre's 1999 film, Opera Fanatic.

At the recent Opera Fanatic's gala he attended, I announced from the stage that "I was hoarse from allergies" and canceled half of what I was scheduled to sing.

His sporadic, often weird, and basically one-man magazine, Opera Fanatic, is read with morbid fascination by opera lovers across the land (those who can find it).

You also fail to note that after Rudolph W. Giuliani's appearance on "Opera Fanatic" during the mayoral campaign, "Stop Giuliani" signs immediately appeared, festooning station walls.

"WKCR will return donations made during the station's fund-raising campaign in October to any listeners of 'Opera Fanatic' who so request," the five-paragraph statement concluded.

But one of his most satisfying jobs was being host of "Opera Fanatic."

In Jan Schmidt-Garre's 1998 documentary film "Opera Fanatic", Zucker travels around Italy interviewing opera divas from the 1950s.