parterre box

43 comments

• WindyCityOperaman says:

  Not completely off-topic, but was anything said about the late Peter Glossop who passed away September 10? If you already have, my apologies.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbZcEgjd6c4

  on September 18, 2008 at 10:32 AM
• il lacerato spirito says:

  The Esclarmonde was definitely Beni Montresor…..it is now in the possession of New York City Opera albeit in many pieces, since it looked like the Turandot many items have beeen “crossed over”

  on September 18, 2008 at 10:32 AM
• pavel says:

  27: I love the phrase “had Barbara Matera run up a set of frocks to wear instead.” Sounds just like something Joanie would say.

  on September 18, 2008 at 10:50 AM
• jatm2063 says:

  Oh yeah, I just remembered that my original comment included something about “a bowls eye view of a model barfing, something most of them do regularly”.

  Does that offend people here? It hardly seems like it could…..

  on September 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM
• Scaramuccio says:

  Only on Parterre, I guess, would one learn about the whereabouts of the Esclarmonde ‘armour’. Thank you, ls.

  And yes, Windycityman, we did indeed chew the cud about Peter Glossop on another thread (I forget which now).

  on September 18, 2008 at 11:48 AM
• arepo says:

  You mean to tell me that is Sutherland’s face and not a composite of different sopranos with La Stupenda’s hair?
  And here I thought I was being so smart with some kind of new game here. (Not a bad idea, by the way to have a game of face composites.)
  I figured I was going to win by identifying correctly the mouth of Gheorghiu and the nose and cheeks of Netrebko.
  As Emily Litella once said: “Never mind!”

  on September 18, 2008 at 12:42 PM
• proofer says:

  Hmmm – it’s really not that big a step from here to the Amy Winehouse coiffure, is ist?

  on September 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM
• klingsor2000 says:

  I remember that eye makeup well, as seen by me from the family circle (with binoculars) at the premeire of the production, which was also Horne’s Met debut.

  Many people commented about the oddness of the makeup at the time, and as I recall it was changed almost immediately to a less distracting shape. She may have worn it for only one or two performances.

  It was quite a night. I had gone down to get standing room on Sunday morning in a snowstorm. At 6 a.m., I checked in with the late Helen Quinn as numer 147, just 28 short of a sell-out 175.

  The Mira O Norma from that one performance still rings in my ears. I heardthem sing it many times after, but never with quite the same effect.

  on September 18, 2008 at 1:03 PM
• gracegolden says:

  There is potential for Parterre threads in those 2 Bazaar articles The Beauty Blastoff, and Frug That Fat Away, but the angles of the discussion elude me while watching CNBC hash over the Market Crash. Getting into beechie cattiness; a guy in a political blog I read last night referred to Sarah the Great as Barricuda Mooselini. Dame Joan’s eyes probably do not look any worse than Rudy Gernreich’s warpaint for his “topless swimsuit” models. How soon he crashed and burned! How long ago!

  on September 18, 2008 at 5:51 PM
• FightGravityPDX says:

  Nina’s expertise was only surpassed by her persona; she was such a gift to all that were privileged to work with her, for her, and to enjoy her talent… if you’ve ever been to the Wig dept at the Met, it is amazing and a testament to her legacy….

  on September 18, 2008 at 6:09 PM