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  • bobsnsane: Thank u Blue 4 the very detailed review… I loved this so much that I am driving (six hours total)... 3:04 AM
  • Camille: Caught in the shower, singing her Victory Cantata—La Divina CIECA!!!!!! httpv://www.you... 2:30 AM
  • CruzSF: Frighteningly plausible, APT. 2:02 AM
  • Baritenor: SAMSON ET DALILA 1. Ambelich and the Gran Pretre go all Gitmo on the Old Hebrew. 2. The High Priest has... 2:02 AM
  • A. Poggia Turra: Aside: The Tosca in the previous Regie quiz is the production in which a scenery wall collapsed... 1:39 AM
  • Camille: Parpignol–I& #8217;ve heard her simg Brünnehilde twice in Wallüre. It was a wonderful assumption of... 1:31 AM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: DIE MEISTERSINGER 1:28 AM
  • La Cieca: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=OqbR cEulhos 1:24 AM

Furry ‘Liese

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Random Harvest

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The Random Number Generator has spoken, and from the whopping 442 comments offered during the Turandot Chat, the randomly chosen winner of the Cecilia Bartoli Sacrificium CD is #185, as written by….. Our Own squirrel. Congratulations, to you, o little nut-hoarder, and La Cieca asks that you email her a shipping address where your CD may be sent.

Do you have what it takes?

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La Cieca is holding auditions this week, looking for a few good reviewers of opera CDs and DVDs.  Read more »

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The Turandot chat

Tonight’s chat during tonight’s season premiere of Turandot from the Met begins at 7:30 pm. Sirius/XM RealNetworks from metopera.org

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Guleghina is out

Lise Lindstrom sings Turandot tonight.

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First, do no Carmen

They should have overlooked the cell phone, but arrested her for this video.

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tick… tick… chat

UPDATE: Looks like Guleghina’s going on (no big surprise, that). Chat is on for 7:30 as mentioned before. If Maria Guleghina is going to cancel tonight’s Turandot (following up on “bronchitis” privately announced at the dress where she marked the role) the announcement from the Met should come shortly after 5:00 pm (five minutes from now). If we make it to 5:30 with no announcement, that means for sure she’s going on. Either way, tonight’s chat about the Turandot broadcast will begin right here at parterre.com at 7:30 pm. Be there!

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Happy birthday Edith Head

The legendary costume designer for film was born October 28, 1897 in Searchlight, Nevada. Miss Head dressed practically everyone in Hollywood, including Helen Traubel, seen after the jump in an outtake from the 1961 comedy The Ladies’ Man.

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