08 October 2007

Don't come knocking!

Admittedly, this item is ancient history, but here goes. Which curious, sexed-up Met hunks invaded a star dressing room and immediately got their original instruments a whole lot closer than an octave apart?

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26 Comments:

Anonymous Nerva Nelli said...

"...curious, sexed-up..."


Metropolitan Opera House
April 10, 1999


GIULIO CESARE {9}

Sesto...................David Daniels [Debut]
Curio...................Mariusz Kwiecien

October 08, 2007 2:47 PM  
Blogger sugarmezzo said...

REALLY???????

October 08, 2007 3:09 PM  
Blogger sterlingkay said...

good one nerva nelli!!!

makes sense.."ancient history"..."invaded"..."original instruments" and the whole octave apart thing would cover baritone-counter-tenor...

And, of course, we all know yummy Mariusz is a randy gay boy....

October 08, 2007 3:31 PM  
Anonymous OldFashionedBoy said...

But I thought the cuddly Mr Daniels was a one-man kindofa guy ... Who's going to make the first joke about a Pole?

October 08, 2007 3:57 PM  
Blogger JF in DC said...

The word kielbasa wasn't in the clue but it appears this one was nailed very fast.

October 08, 2007 3:58 PM  
Blogger OperaGuyNY said...

Mauiusz Kwiecien is gay??!

Is this common knowledge? I feel totally out of the loop, yet incredibly excited because he's SO-freaking-HOT! WOW!

David Daniels is plenty fine as well!

October 08, 2007 4:30 PM  
Blogger JF in DC said...

Re: operaguyNY's post, if indeed it is true, that could clean out the remaining "Luica" tickets with Mauriusz.

You'll remember that in an Opera News interview Mauriusz said he likes to smoke, drink, and make love. But that's as far as he went with it.)

BTW, anyone ever watch "Polish Pleasures"? It's one of the all-time great porn videos! Very artistically done, with some fantastic Pole-to-Pole action.

October 08, 2007 4:45 PM  
Blogger iltenoredigrazia said...

But La Cieca said that "Met hunks", that is more than one hunk invaded a star dressing room... right? Menage-a-trois?

As for the octave... hmmm, is that eight inches each or total?

October 08, 2007 5:12 PM  
Blogger justanother said...

But Mariusz is VERY taken. I am just curious as to the origin of this news, La Cieca. I have never before questioned your sources, I just hope this one is secure.
Given that in the wrong hands, this information has the potential to end a happy relationship, this information frightens me a little.

October 08, 2007 5:52 PM  
Blogger sugarmezzo said...

Yikes. I hope it doesn't. That would indeed be sad. Maybe we should all stop talking about it, right now. And maybe pigs will suddenly fly past my window, and Iraq will freeze over.

October 08, 2007 5:57 PM  
Blogger sterlingkay said...

Let's remember this SUPPOSEDLY happened in 1999 when, for all we know, neither Daniels or Kwiecsen were with their current partners....and Kwiecsen is definitely gay and very nicely coupled...

October 08, 2007 6:12 PM  
Blogger sugarmezzo said...

oh good. =)

October 08, 2007 6:30 PM  
Blogger JF in DC said...

OK, now that all is revealed about Mariusz can we go back to our regularly scheduled program...

Did Marcello Giordano sing at today's NYC Columbus Day parade, as announced? If so, he's been one busy tenor of late.

October 08, 2007 6:57 PM  
Anonymous Zach said...

These pants (and eyebrows) speak volumes:

http://www.mariuszkwiecien.com/images/gallery/2007-dg-seattle-9.jpg

October 08, 2007 7:05 PM  
Anonymous zach said...

whoops... the end of that URL should read:
2007-dg-seattle-9.jpg

October 08, 2007 7:06 PM  
Anonymous Nerva Nelli said...

I wrote with no authority, just a guess from La Cieca's clues.

BTW, also in that 1999 cast was Brian Asawa... I imagine that no one is astounded that Miss Tolomeo Thang is in the choir.

October 08, 2007 8:03 PM  
Anonymous FriedrichAllemagne said...

I heard a rumour about Nathan Gunn backstage at the Met (also some time ago)... anyone else heard that?

October 09, 2007 12:25 AM  
Anonymous Martina A. said...

Yes I heard rumors about Nathan Gunn backstage at the Met too. I heard he wanted to get a pepsi at the cafeteria and he was short by a dime. So in desperation he sold his jock strap to a chorister named Rudy (short for Rudyard)for four quarters. He was therefore able to purchase the pepsi AND a bag of chips.

October 09, 2007 12:37 AM  
Blogger balabanov11 said...

and as for the partnered Mr. D, let's just say that when the cat's away on tour, the cat gets what he wants...

October 09, 2007 1:27 AM  
Blogger JF in DC said...

re: Martina A.'s recounting of the Nathan Gunn anecdote: "A Pepsi, a Pepsi, my kingdom for a Pepsi."

October 09, 2007 8:49 AM  
Anonymous FriedrichAllemagne said...

what i heard about nathan gunn backstage was much more salacious than what you say, but since it's all hearsay, i'll leave it at that...

October 09, 2007 4:07 PM  
Anonymous Little Stevie said...

Sorry to disappoint the bloggeratti here but Mr. Gunn is and has always been completely faithful to his lovely wife Julie. Any comments indicating otherwise are completely fabricated rumors. I have been friends with her since high school and known Nathan since they got engaged. If you knew Nathan personally you would understand how such rumors are totally off base. He is utterly in love with his wife and devoted to his family. There's not even a touch of curiosity about doing anything outside his marriage with another man or woman.

October 09, 2007 5:05 PM  
Anonymous lucinda phatass said...

Oh that is so sweeeeet....next time I run into Nathan Gunn I will tell him how affectingly his friend, little stevie, spoke of his conjugal bliss.

October 09, 2007 6:10 PM  
Blogger JF in DC said...

Some of us are still wondering which three American singers, including a tenor, a supposedly straight baritone, and a mezzo reportedly participated in a wild, post-prandial menage a trois in Paris a few years ago whilst appearing in a production of a Gluck opera.

BTW, I am not intimating that any of the male singers are among those named in this thread because I really don't know who the guys were. Re: the mezzo, those of you who read Parterre Box a couple of years back may recall who I am referring to.

Or maybe this rumor was disproven...?

October 09, 2007 7:35 PM  
Blogger JATM2063 said...

Okay, so the pants and the eyebrows in the Seattle pic do speak volumes, BUT, Erwin Schrott is way hotter than MK.

October 09, 2007 8:06 PM  
Blogger wendell wentworth said...

I always assumed, but never inquired, that Daniels and his partner had an open relationship.

I haven't seen Daniels in ages, but in 1999, his partner was an incredibly talented musician (pianist/organist) and very sweet guy, who, I always thought was the better catch.

October 10, 2007 7:58 AM  

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