Comments on: International cafe http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/international-cafe/ where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:26:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Baltsamic Vinaigrette http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/international-cafe/comment-page-1/#comment-109598 Baltsamic Vinaigrette Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:40:16 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11170#comment-109598 She wowed the crowd at Dublin's National Concert Hall last week. This is a trmendous show, even by her stellar standards. But nobody does good reviews well*: instead the papers here this week are full of complaints about an extravagant one-off Aida that came to town last week. just click on http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/12/07/fuming-at-the-opera/ and have a good laugh. And no - of course I didn't go. Any touring show that plays in a converted barn and omits to name cast and crew in its advance publicity gets zero shrift from me - and, I hope, from you. *Apart from that excellent A-Z guide to perfumes by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, of course... She wowed the crowd at Dublin’s National Concert Hall last week. This is a trmendous show, even by her stellar standards.

But nobody does good reviews well*: instead the papers here this week are full of complaints about an extravagant one-off Aida that came to town last week. just click on http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/12/07/fuming-at-the-opera/ and have a good laugh.

And no – of course I didn’t go. Any touring show that plays in a converted barn and omits to name cast and crew in its advance publicity gets zero shrift from me – and, I hope, from you.

*Apart from that excellent A-Z guide to perfumes by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, of course…

]]> By: miss kitty litter http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/international-cafe/comment-page-1/#comment-109535 miss kitty litter Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:32:52 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11170#comment-109535 A great great favorite for many years. What a ribbing I took for liking her "Berlin Cabaret Songs" album; yet, (and still), Iremain an unrepentant fan. A great great favorite for many years. What a ribbing I took for liking her “Berlin Cabaret Songs” album; yet, (and still), Iremain an unrepentant fan.

]]> By: tannengrin http://parterre.com/2009/12/08/international-cafe/comment-page-1/#comment-109447 tannengrin Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:09:50 +0000 http://parterre.com/?p=11170#comment-109447 Am I really this old? I remember when she 'came out' in Germany as a very different kind of Sally Bowles. She is great to experience live. Am I really this old? I remember when she ‘came out’ in Germany as a very different kind of Sally Bowles. She is great to experience live.

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