Well, all La Cieca can think is that the New York City Opera has just plain decided to win your doyenne over, because otherwise how can you explain why the company would present an art installation that combines her two very favorite things in the entire universe, i.e., couture and explosions? Read more »
Hans Lick (not pictured) called it! Yes, that’s right, our previous Regie quiz depicted a production of Wagner’s Siegfried. This Inszenierung (for Theater Lübeck) was by Anthony Pilavachi.
Now, who’s inszeniering whom here? Read more »
[Karita Mattila] ”was also remarkably unsexy, which made one wonder what Scarpia was so excited about.” [Wall Street Journal]
Is it just me, or is Patricia Racette on the cusp of turning into Aprile Millo? (Oh, and while we’re on the subject: it certainly took her long enough, but finally The People’s Diva really looks like a diva! Brava, you go on like this!)
“Tosca is no highbrow psychological study — it’s an operatic slasher movie.” [NYP]
“Don Giovanni …. Ideal for those still wishing your cheating ex will get screwed in the end.” [NYCO]
“Tosca gashes the portrait of the Magdalene (with a breast bared)…” Also: damn those bloggers! Damn them! [NYT]
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