bellini as a series of ones and zeroes
What looks to be the Next Big Thing coming from the Met: offering their audio and video content for download a la iTunes. La Cieca is not clear on the details of this new program, but a job listing has just gone up on metopera.org for a Digital Producer who will be responsible for the web interface for “Met Digital subscription and rental sales.”
There’s a German TV Trittico from Hamburg that’s well worth a look- order it from Premiere Opera now and you may have it by Christmas. Barbara Daniels and Grundheber in Tabarro, everyone’s favourite leather queen Dale Duesing as Schicchi, and a terrific Angelica with Gallardo-Domas and Dernesch.
It’s Harry Kupfer, mind, so might be a little regie for some tastes.
Cieca! Cieca! Cieca!
Where do we have to sign to get you that job?
Yes, I. Dossip, I understand that ( it’s implicit in what I wrote). My point is that this is what we are going to be given more of in the TIMES, chat pieces and not reviews.
are you ok cieca?
We might also talk about the embarrassing major failure- dramatic, musical and linguistic- that Shirley Verrett endured at the Met with FIDELIO.
Just a helpful suggestion for the sake of the site.
I don’t know where to ask this, so I’ll do it here. Does anyone know about broadcasts from Salzburg this summer? It is implied in http://www.emergingpictures.com/opera_salzburg.htm, but there is no detail, and no blog mentions it.