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A bit of Salome from the Royal Opera, with a somewhat less skittish sense of cinematography than what we got from the Met’s HD!

Finally a chance to see Naked Busker Guy Duncan Meadows in action! (And, forgive La Cieca for saying so, but if your leading lady sounds like Nadja Michael, you’d better offer your audience something extra for their money.)

51 comments

  • Thackeray Gnomey says:

    I see McVicar is being let loose on La traviata in Scotland (apparently having vowed a few years ago never to touch the piece). Apparently he wants to put back the sex in the relationship between Violettat and Alfredo. And Germont’s appearance at Flora’s party will no doubt be in the nude.

    The soprano is Carmen Gianattasio. I’ve heard good things about her — has anyone heard her or seen her live? I think she’s on a Boccanegra DVD.

  • turandot says:

    una vochay: at least I have a dick. What’s your excuse?

  • Graciella Scusi says:

    How did this thread unravel into an oncological argument about the existence of dick?

  • balabanov11 says:

    well, if we’re going to take this seriously, the executioner could be naked because he is going to perform an act in which he will be sprayed with copious amounts of blood, which would be much easier to wash off the body than out of clothing. But that aside, in a fabulously tawdry piece of theatre like Salome (and I mean that as a compliment), in which nudity is already a required component (veils, anyone?) why not feature such a gorgeous hunk of manflesh?

    As for his tiny dick, it wouldn’t tiny after I got started on it….

  • DirtyErda says:

    For one brief moment I thought that Salome wasn’t the only one to get a(some) big head. Sorry fella maybe next time.

  • Una Vochay says:

    Turandot – I don’t feel the need to have an excuse because I’m perfectly happy and secure with what I’ve got, thank you. Sure it doesn’t hit my knees
    so perhaps that’s why I can enjoy and appreciate seeing another guy who has a beautiful body and perfectly normal appendage without the need to make facile, belittling remarks?

    As an extremely well hung Oncologist, do you think there is any medical evidence to support the theory that the more one’s appendage resembles a donkey’s – the more likely it is that the brain can be similarly described? One or two experiences in the past have led me to wonder if there isn’t some truth in the old adage “the bigger the dick, the smaller the brain.”

    Forgive me if I jump to conclusions but your responses frequently do seem to give some credence to this theory.

  • mrmyster says:

    #46, Una, if I may – recommend you substitute the word “ass” for “donkey.”
    The problem with radiation oncologists is they have far too much money, and not really enough imagination about how to spend it. What a bunch!

  • Constantine A. Papas says:

    Una Vochay,

    By the same analogy, women with bigger brests have smaller brains? Being an MD (but not an oncologist!) I find this discussion of anatomic appendagies rather unscientific and boring. We all can do better than that, like talking about our passion-opera!

  • Una Vochay says:

    Thank you Mrmyster you are probably totally correct. :)

    Ah Constantine I understand your delusion. Just as you are bored with anatomic talk, some of us are constantly bored by the Rene F posts- but we have to put up with those anyway. Perhaps the trick is to just ignore what you don’t like- it soon goes away. I will go and check my breasts now ;)

  • Constantine A. Papas says:

    UV,

    You’re funny and I love it!