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Bleak bummer

by | 2:36 pm | Aug 16, 2006

Which soprano’s sudden cancellation of all her future engagements thankfully has nothing to do with illness, and everything to do with, well, spite? She was in love, and he she loved proved bad, and did forsake her. For his secretary. Since the songbird’s soon-to-be-ex-husband still has an interest in her future revenue stream, she has decided to sit and sulk rather than financing the love nest.

Meanwhile, the casts, they are a-changin’ over at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Simon Keenlyside is out of Iphigenie en Tauride, replacement TBA and obviously soon, since the production opens in a little over a month. And mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin will be Mere Marie in LOC’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, replacing the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.

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The Met opens doors for us! Doors we never dreamed existed!

by | 1:19 pm | Aug 16, 2006

More Met news, this time something certain and soon. The Metropolitan Opera will hold its first ever “Open House” on Friday, September 22. The all-day event will include:

  • the final dress rehearsal of the new Anthony Minghella/James Levine production of Madama Butterfly starring Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft and Maria Zifchak

  • a panel discussion with the singers and the creative team
  • a demonstration of a scene change narrated by members of the company’s technical staff
  • a first look at the new Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery in the Met lobby
  • and a puppetry demonstration by the Blind Summit Theatre



Tickets for the Open(ish) House will be available free of at the Met Box Office starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 20, on a first-come first-served basis, with a limit of two tickets per customer.

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Trebs Violetta set for Met

by | 12:10 pm | Aug 16, 2006

As La Cieca hinted about six months ago, Anna Netrebko‘s Violetta will hit the Met boards during the 2010-11 season in the Willy Decker production from Salzburg. In the production (also on video from DGG), the miniskirted and hyperactive Netrebko is joined by Rolando Villazon.

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METTunes?

by | 2:15 pm | Aug 14, 2006

La Cieca hears that the new regime at the Metropolitan Opera (or the MET Opera, as it will henceforth be called) is moving forward with the recording of selected 2006-2007 live performances, to be sold via download on the “iTunes” model. An agreement reached a couple of weeks ago with the American Federation of Musicians specifically facilitates this sort of recording, and it appears that Peter Gelb‘s MET will be among the first American opera companies to move into this (one hopes) lucrative field. Ironically, this bonanza may not be shared by some of opera’s biggest stars who have exclusive [...]

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But through it all when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out

by | 10:45 am | Aug 14, 2006

“I’ve had more affairs with homosexuals than you can count,” says Julia Migenes, who stars in the upcoming PBS telecast of Angels in America with music by Peter Eötvös. In this adaptation of Tony Kushner‘s play, la Migenes “plays a pill-popping Mormon married to a closeted gay man, as well as the spirit of the executed Ethel Rosenberg.” The Scientologist diva discusses (inter alia) her show “Cabaret My Way” in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter.

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Diva on a Plane!

by | 3:49 pm | Aug 12, 2006

“After I went through two X-ray machines and a metal detector, and then a hand-held metal detector, my carry-on luggage was gone through. A young woman took my shampoo, make-up, make-up remover, hair spray, a bottle of Scotch, contact lens solution and a prescription medication.” — The New York Times, August 12, 2006.

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Just ask the chorus — they’ll tell you

by | 6:46 pm | Aug 11, 2006

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Enzo sees the future

by | 12:29 pm | Aug 11, 2006

Our old, old, old friend Enzo Bordello has been laying low for the last year or so, but he seems to be sniffing about the web again in search of the latest operatic news. He’s uncovered quite a trove over at Brad Wilber‘s Met Futures page. Enzo’s sum-up: Maria Guleghina‘s star appears to be on the ascent again. In addition to Aida and Norma (!) next season, she is slated for Lisa in Pique Dame and her role debut as Turandot in 2008-2009. Marcello Giordani, Marcelo Alvarez and Giuseppe Filianoti will all share the role of Edgardo in the next [...]

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