Ordinarily La Cieca bestows the Wildean accolade upon a local cher pube. This time, though, she cannot resist praising one of the commentariat at Unpop!, Daniel Stephen Johnson’s new project over at the New Haven Advocate. Read more »
An appropriately ginormous discussion of Elektra and other operatic matters at that place where the cool kids hang out, The Awl.
What’s opening at the Met tonight may turn out to be a mere bagatelle next to a version of Les Contes d’Hoffmann “filmed in 3D and HD video, featuring 1000 extras, 150 musicians and chorus members from the Paris Opera, 50 dancers and 20 of the world’s greatest singers,” according to the blog By George. Read more »
On the heels of this, may I direct everyone's attention to a funny and fascinating article about Stefan Herheim's production of Lohengrin from last spring at Berliner Staatsoper? Now we know what to do with those old costumes and sets that gather dust! [via the wellsungs] Read more »
(No, not that again.) The San Diego Opera, boldly exploring cutting-edge trends in dramaturgy, is producing a Twitter version of the complete history of opera. Read more »
Erstwhile opera blogger Nick Scholl (aka Trrill) is currently live-tweeting the Poisson Rouge "Sacrificium" launch party! Read more »
“What the...?” was my first thought when I opened the small manila package last week, unmarked save the NY return address. Inside I found a Wagner compilation CD set from an unknown label- not the obscure Spanish opera I had ordered online the week before. Although I saw no accompanying invoice, I assumed an Amazon partner had screwed up and sent me the wrong CD. Four precious days later my boyfriend calmly suggested that this Wagner CD set could be “from that blog site thing” that I mentioned, a possible way to feed my CD collecting addiction while making an extra buck. Read more »
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