And now, the last installment of the Met’s broadcast Ring: Götterdämmerung.
Listen at noon EDT on Sirius, RealNetworks or your favorite internet radio station.
Online: the libretto and the vocal score.
Discuss.
And don’t forget to check out La Cieca’s Amazon Deal of the Day
“But, as century XXI progresses, the Web is not some branch of tradutuibak scholarly research.” — Alto
Articulate, awe-inspring, alliterative administrator The Man of Steel spoke yesterday to New York One, defining his vision for the mission of the New York City Opera:
“Championing new repertoire and discovering old repertoire. And particularly promoting American operas and American opera singers and providing visionary new productions of standard repertoire. So it’s a very clear mission,” said Steel.
The ingenious intendant emphasized that he does not intend to “downsize” productions, stating, “Whether that’s dark and disturbing or flamboyant and flashy, we want to make sure that it’s an intense and wonderful theatrical experience.” He then added, “Welcome to Doug Henning‘s Wild and Wacky World of Illusion… where magic is fun!”
The complete report, including a few sound bytes from Mr. Steel, may be found at NY1.
As La Cieca intones after the jump (in her newly-found inhuman manner) you can upload a photo (of your favorite diva or divo) and this online gizmo will animate it into a talking Star Trek character. At the end of the animation process, please choose “share” and then “email” so you can send your Trekkified personage to lacieca@parterre.com.
La Cieca can hardly believe that as recently as four years ago nobody had ever heard of YouTube! To celebrate the site’s fourth anniversary, here’s one of the first clips La Cieca uploaded way back in the winter of 2005. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ckP4OXzVevI" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
[La Cieca invites the cher public to supply a caption to the above photo. And while you're at it, anyone care to identify the gentleman at right and what opera this is?]
An all-star “Walkürenritt” from 2003, featuring Alessandra Marc (Gerhilde), Eva Marton (Helmwige), Karan Armstrong (Waltraute), Agnes Baltsa (Schwertleite), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Ortlinde), Gwyneth Jones (Siegrune/Rossweisse) and Jochen Kowalski (Grimgerde). Golden Girls
Is it just me, or does Joseph Calleja sound simply amazing? La Cieca asks: is there a better lyric tenor out there today?
Cher Public