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Something new and interesting (La Cieca hopes) on Unnatural Acts of Opera: a 2004 concert performance of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, starring Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Daniela Barcellona (Romeo) and Joseph Calleja (Tebaldo). Act One is the current podcast, with the second to follow on Friday.
Speaking of the lovely Miss Netrebko, she and Rolando Villazon will headline a gala celebrating 40th Anniversary of The Met at Lincoln Center next Tuesday. The concert will be webcast over the Met’s RealNetworks (and of course Sirius) beginning at 7:00 PM. Unfortunately, La Cieca has a prior commitment that night, but she is sure that you, her cher public, will want to chat about the gala here at parterre.com. As such, La Cieca is sending out request to you parterre.com regulars for volunteers to host the web chat. (Quite simple, really: you’ll need only to be online and on the chat site beginning at 6:45 and continuing until the finish of the broadcast.) If you’re interested in helping out, email La Cieca at lacieca@parterre.com.
Sugarmezzo, don’t speak for me. I GIVE A SHIT about Renee Fleming. And so do many other people. No, she’s not perfect, but then neither were Tebaldi and Callas. Fleming has the career she has because there are people who want to see and hear her. If you don’t, that’s fine.
La Divina Due -
Thank you for one of the most rational postings EVER on this forum.
sorry to change topics but was anyone at the Egyptian Helen the other night? i’m told voigt was announced as sick but sang it anyway.
who’s gwynne geyer? she’s voigt’s cover. is she any good?
Man, if I don’t see Voight in the part next week, I am going to kick myself. Really, honestly, is Helna worth seeing?
baritenor: call MET tomorrow morning to see if they will have student tickets. It doesn’t look too well sold.
There was a Gynne Geyer, or something like that, who sang Musetta in a broadcast some years back.
No, the thing is I already have my ticket, and I want to know if I’ve opened a can of worms and should sell it.
Oh Dear God Baritenor -
Just go see it for Chrissake! It’s worth just because it’s a rarity. I doubt they’ll be reviving it anytime soon. Yes, the production is awful, the libretto is convoluted (Hoffmansthal at his most Freudian)and the music seems to be hodgepodge of Strauss’ greatest hits; but overall you should go see it.
i wasn’t sure i wanted to go see it but i went anyway ’cause i figure, i’d never get a chance to see this. even though voigt was sick, her top came through quite well. i was astonished that many people i talked to afterwards said they couldn’t tell she was sick. they were happy with the performance. i enjoyed it for the most part.
Voight announced herself as dealing with a head cold at a Recital in Los Angeles in Janurary. And if she can do what she did that night with a cold…