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Measha of a muchness

measha_amazonIn Measha Brueggergosman‘s newest DG release, “Night Songs…” Oh… sorry! That was Renée Fleming‘s beautiful 2001 Decca release of similar (occasionally overlapping) material. Let me try that again.

“In the Still of Night…” Oh… sorry! That was Anna Netrebko‘s voluptuous CD of Russian songs released earlier this year.  Read more »

Double trouble

alagna_thumbRoberto Alagna, star of tonight’s pair of one-acters by Opera Orchestra of New York, discusses divorce and desserts with Our Own JJ. [New York Post]

Project Regie

regie_10_10_01First of many to associate our most recent Regie quiz with King Lear was WeillFan. It’s not exactly King Lear, but rather a work called Promised End by Alexander Goehr based upon scenes from the Shakespeare tragedy.

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Season of the Woolfe

“Thirty years after the action of Tahiti the young son, Junior, is now gay and possibly schizophrenic; his former lover is married to his younger sister, Dede. During his mother’s funeral Junior starts a striptease in front of his father, knocking into the coffin in the process…. This was neither the sound nor the subject matter that audience members at the 1983 premiere at the Houston Grand Opera were expecting.”  The arrival of A Quiet Place at New York City Opera also provides a debut for Zachary Woolfe in the New York Times.

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Kremlin watching

Of course you’re all busy this afternoon with the HD of Boris Godunov, right? Oh, pardon me, you’re reading this, aren’t you? In that case, maybe you’ll take some of Betsy’s suggestions for the weekend pick a little chat a little.  

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A Noisy Place

Two versions, and it’s hard to say which one is more revolting, of one of the least savory moments in the life of Leonard Bernstein.

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Wide ranging Regie

Our Own JJ has launched yet another blog (king of all media that he is), this one devoted to the study of Regie in all its forms and formats. It’s over at MusicalAmerica.com, and the author has given La Cieca permission to invite you all to comment. [Rough and Regie]

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This Gillian looks like that girl

Forget all the others: we’ve found our Anne Welles! [Opera News]

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