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  • Will: I think the reasoning here is that these productions of what...
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Le film d’artifice

rufus_seeing_eye_thumbCall this Prima Donna: The Opera: The Documentary: The Trailer. Plus it includes a glimpse of tween Rufus playing Scarpia.  Read more »

Happy Birthday Giacomo Puccini

puccini_thumbThe poet of “le piccole cose” was born 151 years ago today.

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Her haunted heart is in the right place

Photo: Andrew Eccles / DeccaSoprano Renée Fleming, target of a jibe or three on this site over the years, shows what finer stuff she’s made of on January 11 when she gives a recital for the benefit of Treatment Action Group in the intimate setting of a SoHo loft, recently dubbed “Carnegie Hall South” in the New York Times. Read more »

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The Barber of Bleecker Street

One week after my visit to Amore Opera, it was time to turn my attention to Bleecker Street Opera — another heir presumptive to the throne of the defunct Amato Opera. 

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Yesterday’s news, tomorrow

Wow! That Daniel J. Wakin story appearing in tomorrow’s Times has everything but the bloodhounds snappin’ at Luc Bondy‘s rear end!

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“It’s right twice a day”

It’s always time for Stravinsky! [Ebay]

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In my pet pailleted Regie

Several of you guessed correctly that our most recent Regie quiz was La fanciulla del West, in the “leather bar” production by Nikolaus Lehnhoff for De Nederlandse Opera.   After the jump, a look at more of this production in action.

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Bring back Bondy

A source close to (though not necessarily at) the Metropolitan Opera tells La Cieca that the company’s production staff “late last week” pitched the idea of reviving the Franco Zeffirelli production of Tosca in the fall of 2010 in order to free up some backstage space for the “QEII-sized” sets for the new Rheingold. Peter’s Gelb‘s answer? 

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