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Statuesque puzzle

La Cieca invites the newly reunited cher public to participate in an archeological dig scavenger hunt puzzle quiz promoting the new “Sacrificium” CD from Cecilia Bartoli.

Ready to play? Well, first you have to answer this question:

Farinelli’s remains were exhumed in 2006 from this cemetery in Bologna?

Most of you surely know the answer, of course, and those of you who don’t certainly know how to google. So, anyway, once you’ve identified the cemetery, you go to the puzzle site, enter that name, and get a piece of the puzzle. Whee!

After that, you may ask Daniel Stephen Johnson for the next clue.

54 comments

  • Zerbinetta says:

    I got the rest of it to work, and as marketing ideas think it’s pretty nifty, but the reward could be a bit more…. rewarding. Let us download it?

  • grrg says:

    Some of us like the screaming and cooing all at once, or as I like to call it, AMAZING SINGING. Totally worth it. (Although yeah, I too was hoping for a download…)

  • Quanto Painy Fakor says:

    RARE _ NEW CALLAS VIDEO!!!

  • Those hoping for a download should go to
    NPR
    for a free download.

  • That must’ve been Callas after 1980…

  • Quanto Painy Fakor says:

    Actually – there’s a resemblance to Carol Vaness in that video – not in voice of course.

  • squirrel says:

    thanks QPF – great Netrebko porn there! Squirrel salivates.

    Though Opera Chic never had much thunder. Was it she who called Bernard Haitink’s baton “luscious” the other day? Puhleeeeeeez

  • Pelleas says:

    I totally gave up out of complete disinterest.

  • Effie de LaRue says:

    I don’t know about this puzzle business but from the photo at the top of this page I’d say La Cecilia has become Michael Jackson, in honor of Farinelli.

  • Tamerlano says:

    Re: New Callas Video

    All I can say is that the voice might be in shambles, but the phrasing and artistry remain unparalleled. Brava Diva!!!