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Votre chat, je peux vous le rendre

votre_chatThe last parterre chat of 2009, Carmen from the Met, begins at 6:00 pm for a 6:30 curtain.  Read more »

Should old, old, old acquaintance be forgot?

new-year-baby-200X200Well, La Cieca certainly hopes not, and she looks forward to seeing all of you in 2010. In the meantime, do drop by parterre.com beginning around 6ish this PM for a live chat about tonight’s Carmen prima from the Met. After the jump, La Cieca and an unidentified member of the cher public (possibly Camille?) discuss the passage of time. Read more »

Wagging Tales

pomeroyDavid Pomeroy makes his Met debut tonight as the eponymous boozehound in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, replacing the ill Joseph Calleja. Meanwhile, La Cieca hears, Brandon Jovanovich is on a rehearsal stage getting brought up to speed on the Carmen production in case he has to go on for Roberto Alagna tomorrow night.

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La Cieca and her saga prove that you are gaga

Your doyenne guiltily just realized that she has not yet taken a moment to pen a “thank you” note to that member of the cher public who sent her the George Steel watch as a holiday gift. In the spirit of that timepiece, La Cieca would like to update yesterday afternoon’s open-and-shut, 100% certain, no questions asked posting that announced in no uncertain terms that the Met will revive the Franco Zeffirelli version of Tosca in 2010-2011. 

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Coup de Grace

A tribute to Kennedy Center honoree Grace Bumbry from fellow laureate Aretha Franklin. 

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The rise of the Roman empire

Okay, La Cieca has sifted all the evidence thus far, and she has done Pravda-style scrutiny of what was said and what was left unsaid (particularly by Peter Gelb) in the most recent New York Times analysis of the issue, and ignoring the most recent Jeremiads from Rome on account of the fact that pretty much everybody has come to the conclusion that Franco Zeffirelli is gaga. 

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No word from Carmencita

That invited audience for last night’s dress rehearsal of Carmen at the Met must still be under house arrest, for nary a peep has reached the ear of your doyenne. On the bright side, there was a snippet of video smuggled out of a rehearsal of the upcoming Attila, and La Cieca is happy to share it with you.

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That will bring us back to Do

La Cieca’s first resolution for the New Year: to get herself a high C like the one Amarilli Nizza throws around with such aplomb and insouciance and such.

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