Headshot of La Cieca

Cher Public

  • semira mide: Angelo, your observation about Verdi's emotions and this ope...
  • oedipe: Yes, La Cieca, but if and only if the ambiguity of th...
  • La Cieca: Here are two excellent comments by ACDouglas and Richard ...
  • Buster: louannd:LouAnn: The Michael Thalheimer Forza (the 1862 v...
  • Angelo Saccosta: The third act of Luisa is something very special with searin...
  • MontyNostry: ianw2 - wasn't it the 'toilet Ballo' rather than the 'toilet...
  • oedipe: It is picked up, like language, from EXPOSURE AND REPRODU...
  • Feldmarschallin: Is Genia Kühmeier singing Evchen? From what I heard she will...
  • manou: Regina :http://sophialambton.basekit.com/
  • ianw2: Yes! Indeed that was what I was thinking of, not Boccanegra....

blog advertising is good for you

It’s Pat!

patTonight’s Met season premiere of Il trittico features Patricia Racette‘s first local whack at the three heroines, which means La Cieca expects the parterre posse to be out in force. Check back here at parterre.com beginning at 7:45 for a live chat coinciding with the Sirius/RealNetworks broadcast of the Puccini three-parter.

44 comments

  • Krunoslav says:

    dorion says: “Racette is a generic soprano, a limited actress…”

    OK, dorion, if Racette is ‘limited” ( which nothing I have ever seen her do would suggest), whom would you consider a “gifted” operatic actress?

    Jeez…