The winner and new diva
La Cieca wasn’t “in the house” for the Lucia prima last night like so many of her colleagues; instead she hosted perhaps the most popular of all her online chats thus far. Approximately 120 of you cher public logged in at some point during the night, with 75 or so on average staying for the long haul. Say what you will about Natalie Dessay or even Stephen Costello, there was really only one genuine “star is born” moment last night, and here, as dear Mathilde Marchesi would say, is “la nouvelle Melba” –
Our nomination for Camp Diva of the 2007-2008 Season: Miss Blythe Danner!
I missed the chat and the broadcast-
What went down with Miss Danner?
She studied lieder in Berlin, you know?
I apologize in advance for my borderline mental retardation.
Can someone please explain the Blythe Danner/Benjamin Franklin joke?
She did a lot of name-dropping. She was a bit drunk and said maybe 30 seconds worth of interesting things during (what felt like) a 30-minute interview. I mean, it went on and on and on. She started talking about all her various family members. And one couldn’t help but scream “What’s the friggin’ point of all this?”. I thought Juntwait did an OK job of it except that she let it go on for ever. Frankly, I would have happily listened to her and William Berger ramble on about something stupid instead…
Blythe Danner with Benjamin Franklin.
Thank you, La Cieca.
I forgot that Danner was in that movie.
Thanks.
Andrew (the guy who is too dumb–and now too embarrassed–to go out in public)
You didn’t miss too much not listening to Danner’s interview. It was a coffee klatch between two middle age ladies talkiing about their families and grandchildren. Giordani went downhill after the first act. Costello was impressive and has a bright future ahead of him.
Dessay’s Mad Scene on you tube: I haven’t seen them myself but apparently, the camera work is good enough to suggest it might not be a pirate, but perhaps a Met PR initiative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ozXpukpTw&e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQbj6dqfMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wYd2BoPHFU
these are all private videos.
Yeah, and they’re already gone.