Nico vs. fucking Brits
Brit crit calls Nico Muhly‘s work “slow, painful death”; Nico calls Brit crit “cunty” and makes fun of the funny way they spell stuff. Which means that the 2011 premiere of Two Boys at ENO should be great fun for all us sport fans. [The Guardian]
oh brother here we go
no such thing as bad publicity!
When will the comments about ReNAY’s Juilliard masterclass begin?
can anybody help me with an offtopic thing, I’m racking my brains…. a young rising French soprano ended her career mysteriously in 2005. She cancelled all engagements and said she “wished to pursue other endeavors” through her website. I remembered it to be Mireille Delunsch but I was wrong… can anyone tell me the girl’s name? It’s driving me crazy!
Re 3…Is it Isabelle Vernet?
no, that’s way earlier. This girl was singing her first roles at Opera de Paris from like 2000-2004 and then just gave it all up – or so she announced. I was speaking with someone about this and wondered what ever happened to her. I think she did a noteworthy Manon??
Conan o Brien two minutes ago: “Royal Opera House in London is commissioning a Twitter opera, written 140 characters at a time… it’s part of their new initiative to help people hate opera in a brand new way”. Bravo!
@3 squirrel…. I think you’re referring to Alexia Cousin who I believe announced her retirement when she was starring in Martinu’s ‘Juliette’ in Paris. She had a beautiful voice and was quite young.
Graciella, Thank you! Yes, that’s her. I was in paris around that time and people were talking. My friend and I were wondering if any good reason was ever discovered for her decision.
I wondered myself, squirrel, but wasn’t able to find a reason; it seems to be a mystery. So, whether it was the pressures of a budding major career ( she cancelled an upcoming vienna Opera debut as Manon Lescaut) or something personal, ???? I’d like to know myself.
Mystery indeed. I assumed at the time she may be quite ill, but now years have passed and no further notices about her. I speculate she just had a total burnout with the pressures and mindfuck of a singing career. She debuted at 19, for god’s sake, it must have been a roller coaster ride.
Still, it defies all logic to see someone with such a tailwind just give it all up like that! Perhaps she had a “breakdown” as they used to call it.