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stork club?

by | 12:21 pm | May 17, 2009

Earlier today Opera Chic reported on a still fairly vague rumor that Anna Netrebko is pregnant again. Here in New York the information is also pretty vague, but La Cieca has heard that Erwin Schrott (currently in Naples) is spilling spilled beans as proud papas will do.

Whispers in New York indicate that the Met is on alert that Anna may not be available for the December-January Contes d’Hoffmann or even for the March revival of La boheme. The reasoning here is that Netrebko and some of the public believed the first Babypause wasn’t quite long enough, so the second time around she would take her time returning to the stage.  Read more »

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carry on regie

by | 3:30 pm | May 16, 2009

Too clever by half you are, méchant public: our most recent quiz revealed itself to you as Lohengrin far sooner than La Cieca had hoped.

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lede balloon

by | 2:18 pm | May 16, 2009

La Cieca warns you, music writers, she is going to giggle like a madwoman you begin your article with the line  “We owe Chicago Opera Theater tremendous thanks for dragging the smaller operas of Benjamin Britten out of the closet…” [Chicago Tribune]

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put up your duke

by | 10:28 pm | May 15, 2009

This is why the YouTube was invented. Hell, this is why the universe was invented. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/CgSib1LVZHQ" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

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unnatural birthday to you

by | 9:40 pm | May 15, 2009

In honor of her one-third of a century, La Cieca has at long last returned to the Sunnyside Studios to record not one but two episodes of Unnatural Acts of Opera.  Finally, cher public, you can hear the last two acts of a legendary performance of Jenufa from Opera Orchestra of New York, on March 30, 1988.

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and so young!

by | 12:05 am | May 15, 2009

La Cieca was born exactly 33 years ago today.

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cher public uncovers scoop

by | 5:26 pm | May 14, 2009

Vesselina Kasarova is dipping her oar into dramatic mezzo waters, and, well, it’s not exactly smooth sailing. (Thanks, tamerlano, for unearthing this clip!) [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/rF1lnvkrRFY" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

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the weed of crime bears bitter fruit

by | 12:38 pm | May 14, 2009

“Renee Fleming, 50, allegedly snatched a MasterCard from the victim’s pocketbook in the Green Café on West 57th Street near Sixth Avenue at 2 p.m. on April 15.” [via NY Post; thanks to williams!] UPDATE: According to an email from Mary Lou Falcone (RF’s publicist), it’s a different, non-operatic Renee Fleming the Post was talking about. Ah, well.

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