La Cieca is dubious about the effectiveness of City Opera’s new advertising campaign.
La Cieca finally finished listening to her review copy of the Beverly Sills reissue Norma last night, a recording she hasn’t heard since, oh, sometime during the disco era. This is first time this recording
“The Met now presents works by directors like Luc Bondy or Patrice Chereau – the people who worked in Europe 20 years ago and whose work was derided from afar.” Once she gets past the librettese (“derided from afar?”) La Cieca thinks she will like this Nikolaus Bachler. [Deutsche Welle]
Opera Orchestra of New York will stage a cautious comeback next season with a program of solo recitals and “intimate and informal dinner-hour recitals and talks” featuring the irreplaceable Ira Siff. Full recitals are programmed by “Golden Voiced Diva” Aprile Millo (celebrating the 25th anniversary of her OONY debut) and Eglise Gutiérrez, most recently heard with the company in 2008′s La sonnambula. The intime events will spotlight tenor Bryan Hymel and soprano Julianna DiGiacomo, with maestro Eve Queler tickling the 88s.
Our Own JJ braved the wilds of the Lincoln Center Festival, where he saw and reviewed The Peasant Opera, though for reasons best known to himself he omitted any mention of the giant jeweled dildo. [NYP]
La Cieca’s old, old, old friend Kelly Rinne (who, not so incidentally, masterminded the rescue of parterre.com during the late server unpleasantness) is launching a new show on ClassicalMusicBroadcast.com. The show features new releases of instrumental, vocal, opera and modern classical music, and Kelly is looking for a great name for the show. If you’ve got a bang-up title for what will surely be a bang-up show, email Kelly. She’s giving away a 4CD prize pack to the winner!
The beloved soprano is at least 96 years old today. (Photo by Gjon Mili.)
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