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Future events such as these will affect you in the future

by | 3:26 pm | Feb 2, 2011

things_to_comeAll this talk about girls and ladies prompted La Cieca to turn (not for the first time!) to Brad Wilber’s Met Futures Page, freshly updated just a couple of days ago. So detailed and fascinating is Brad’s vision of the future that La Cieca is inspired to invite the cher public to play a little game.

La Cieca invites you to peruse Brad’s prognostications for the Met’s 2011-2012 season and then to exercise your own powers of prescience. In the comments section below, answer (with explanation) each of the following questions:

  1. Which event next season is most likely to be judged “demented?”
  2. Which event next season is most likely to be judged “filth?”
  3. Which casting (role/artist) is the season’s “must see?”
  4. Which casting (role/artist) is the season’s “must miss?”
  5. If you could add one opera or artist to next season’s schedule, what would it be?
  6. If you could subtract one opera or artist from next season’s schedule, which would it be?

There’s an Amazon gift card in the balance, cher public, and as usual La Cieca’s judgment is final and irrevocable.

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  • Lucky Pierre says:

    does anyone know what digiacomo’s schedule for next year’s met season is?

    on February 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM
  • operaguy says:

    Which event next season is most likely to be judged “demented?” – Faust – read the London reviews of the production when it was done at ENO.

    Which event next season is most likely to be judged “filth?” – Anna Bolena – has David McVicar EVER done a production that does not include lots of skin?

    Which casting (role/artist) is the season’s “must see?” Angela Meade in Anna Bolena – a bel canto soprano role sung by a soprano who actually has the technique for it!

    Which casting (role/artist) is the season’s “must miss?” James Morris in Billy Budd – unfortunately, much as they were treasured artists, it’s time for Morris, Ramey and Plishka to hang up the spikes. Please!

    If you could add one opera or artist to next season’s schedule, what would it be? Juliana DiGiacomo – is she going to have to be a mega-star in Europe before she gets a scheduled performance in a leading role?

    If you could subtract one opera or artist from next season’s schedule, which would it be? Rodelinda – If I want to sleep I can stay home!

    on February 9, 2011 at 11:32 AM
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