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Vivremo insiem, e morremo insiem!

by | 11:09 am | Nov 26, 2010

bosom_buddiesThe truth, at last: “By Manuela Hoelterhoff and Zinta Lundborg” [Bloomberg]

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  • m. croche says:

    I suspect that this was a mad-lib review, which would indeed require the services of two scribes: Manuela repeatedly requesting “Don Carlo character” and “adjective”, Zinta obliging amidst peals of laughter…

    on November 26, 2010 at 4:32 PM
  • poisonivy says:

    Well … this isn’t really a review, it’s more of an old-fashioned society mag ditty where it’s told where all the important people will “be” on a certain night. I thought this kind of snobby scribble was a thing of the past, but I guess not. A lot of it is funny though in its old-fashioned snobbery. “Rich patrons”? “Sack of cash”? “Prettier dress”? I was just waiting for her to say “Miss _________ was seen on the arm of Mr. _________, setting the society abuzz with rumors of a romantic attachment.”

    on November 26, 2010 at 4:45 PM
    • Gualtier M says:

      Correct, it seems to be a portmanteau column with all sorts of tidbits that Zinta and Manuela contributed. Manuela is Zinta’s editor, so it is a joint effort. I have the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook now and feel an urge to go there and get some cupcakes since they plugged that bakery in that column. Since the Met isn’t calling me to replace Netrebko in that “Traviata”, no need to keep the girlish figure…

      on November 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM
  • Olivero is my Drug of Choice says:

    Totally Off Topic.
    A16 year old BOY Sopranist sings the “Queen of the Night Aria” amazingly well:

    on November 26, 2010 at 5:10 PM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor says:

    Irish setter:

    and back at Family Pondman:
    httpv://www.youtube.com/user/familypondman#p/u/10/78tOS7_3JjM

    on November 26, 2010 at 10:10 PM
  • manou says:

    I have to report that Lundborg has been excised (circumcised?) from the initial review :

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-27/alagna-triumphs-heretics-fry-in-met-s-hot-premiere-manuela-hoelterhoff.html

    (also I do not remember Alagna described as “looking fabulous in puffy 16th-century shorts, doublet and boots” in the original two-hander)

    on November 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM
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