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by | 12:56 pm | Nov 22, 2008

La Cieca is always delighted to hear the merest whisper of a rumor that her old, old, old friend Madame Vera Galupe-Borszkh has been encouraged to grace the lyric stage yet once more.  Therefore it is with the almost unutterable joy that your doynne notes that “La Dementia” will sing again in 2009 as a fitting finale to what may be the last musical season ever in New York City. A reliable source has revealed that the quasi-mythical traumatic soprano will tread the boards of the Thalia the last week of May 2009 in the company of erstwhile colleages Maestro Sergio Zawa and Carmelita della Vaca Browne.

Those of you who desire enlightenment as to the process by which a Galupe-Borszkh is born will be interested to know that the Man Behind the Legend, Ira Siff, will offer a master class on “Vocal Ease” under the auspices of the Metropolitan Opera Guild on December 9.

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  • il lacerato spirito says:

    The first time I saw Mme, Galupe Borszkh was in a production of La Gran Scena…..she is unique and wonderfully amusiing.

    on November 22, 2008 at 9:35 PM
  • Krunoslav says:

    BRAVA DIVA!

    That is good news. Anyone unacquainted with Mme. Vera and Maestro Zawa in the NYC area should get themselves to one of those concerts!

    on November 23, 2008 at 11:45 AM
  • Krunoslav says:

    Maybe Jonathan Peter Kenney can be the Voice of Apollo in the Bostridge/Purves NYCO DEATH IN VENICE.

    Any American singer, chorister, dancer or extra should of course be barred from taking part in this production at this company founded to promote American artists.

    on November 23, 2008 at 11:50 AM
  • mrmyster says:

    This amazing Diva once described her performance to me as, “Smooth screaming all the way through!”
    Wonderful sense of humor.

    on November 23, 2008 at 10:59 PM