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  • “I love Dessi. One of the oddities of my record collection is a...” armerjacquino
  • “Buster: note that no sources are quoted for all those nice things that...” MontyNostry
  • “What’s going on with the opera-L webpage? I only check the archives...” Lily Bart
  • “Cieca [re #5], given that the husband was a fish farmer...” Baltsamic Vinaigrette
  • “I wonder what son ami Pedro has planned.” armerjacquino

Golden girl

dessi_armiliatoAlthough she has made headlines on this side of the Atlantic largely because of her recent dismissal by Franco Zeffirelli from a Roman production of La traviata on the grounds of “physical inadequacy,”  Daniela Dessì is a topflight star in Europe. In her native Italy she is arguably the most popular soprano currently active. Over the years she has become a household name, one of those singers known even by people who do not normally attend opera.

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They had CVs then

tallulah_gayLa Cieca has decided she is going insert the the following line into her official biography (names and pronouns varied as necessary): “[Her] personal life was glamorous. [She] rose to fame in tandem with composer Gian Carlo Menotti, whom [she] met at Curtis, and the two had an enviable life together in Mount Kisco, N.Y., even if during parties the often-touchy [La Cieca] reportedly locked [herself] in the bathroom when Tallulah Bankhead arrived..” [David Patrick Stearns]

Ad “HOC” chat

nose_chatToday’s Met broadcast is The Nose. Our habitual chat begins at 12:30 pm, and the details are after the jump.

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So etwas geht selten gut aus

... as the saying goes. A German opera singer is accused of murdering her husband Hermann, then hiring a body double to sign over to her his properties, stocks, bonds, cash and life insurance policy. [The Telegraph]

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The face that launched

She without whom La Cieca would not cast a shadow, Renée Fleming, has a newly revamped website!

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Leave it to… Jane?

Per the Met's press office, "Jane Archibald will make her Met debut as Ophélie in the Met’s new production of Thomas’s Hamlet, singing the role on April 5 and 9."

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Nag, nag, nag

La Cieca would like to give the cher public a little nudge in the way of a reminder that the procrastination competition will be closed at midnight tonight. So what are you waiting for? (Remember, only comments to the original posting will be considered!)

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American to helm American opera company

As La Cieca indicated previously, Francesca Zambello (center) is going to add the notch of General and Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Opera to her already bulging belt. [NYTRead more »

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