Per the Met’s press office, “Jane Archibald will make her Met debut as Ophélie in the Met’s new production of Thomas’s Hamlet, singing the role on April 5 and 9.”
La Cieca would like to give the cher public a little nudge in the way of a reminder that the procrastination competition will be closed at midnight tonight. So what are you waiting for? (Remember, only comments to the original posting will be considered!)
As La Cieca indicated previously, Francesca Zambello (center) is going to add the notch of General and Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Opera to her already bulging belt. [NYT] Read more »
La Cieca is informed that tomorrow's final dress rehearsal of Hamlet is as closed as closed can be: covers, Met staff and a few handpicked guests of Peter Gelb are the only humans to be allowed in the auditorium as the Thomas is teched. It's natural enough, since -- as we all know -- the opening night Ophélie, Marlis Petersen, will not be present for this last runthrough, busy as she is singing Medea in Vienna gleichzeitzig. This veil of secrecy is like catnip to La Cieca, of course, so ... Read more »
Bravo Monsieur (or Madame) 79CXR for your guess in the most recent Regie quiz. The work depicted is indeed Béatrice et Benedict, in a production for the Opéra Comique directed by Dan Jemmett. The staging, La Cieca regrets to say, was not taken in with pleasure; critiques are headlined everything from "The enterprise overall does a disservice to the cause of Berlioz" to "Berlioz entre Guignol et les Monty Python." Let's hope this week's puzzler got better notices! Read more »
Forget all the others. You need to read this review of The Nose. [New York Observer]
If you feel like discussing the Sirius broadcast of Antony and Cleopatra, here's the place. Read more »
New York City Opera has announced its 2010-2011 season, and it looks like La Cieca's precognitions were about 90% correct. (Please, hold your applause.) Read more »
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