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  • irontongue: Art Museum. Science Museum (on the fairgrounds walking distance from the opera house). Boeing Museum... 7:56 PM
  • papopera: Je me souviens (de tout de rien !) is the equivalent of In God We Trust below the border, but what and... 7:56 PM
  • irontongue: OpinionatedNeophyt e, apparently you are unaware that Lepage DIRECTED KA. Which is kind of a terrible... 7:54 PM
  • perfidia: Croce’s scene is screaming for music. 7:49 PM
  • papopera: engl: kwey fr: ké Le grand maréchal drooled in Montreal in 1967. He was then 77 years old and suffering... 7:33 PM
  • luvtennis: AGREED. I think Norma must come across as noble even when provoked. Otherwise, the sacrifice at the end... 7:26 PM
  • m. croche: Seattle and its environs are effin’ gorgeous. But if it’s urban culture that you’re... 7:24 PM
  • luvtennis: Hypo: Wow. I think Julia is a very precious gift to music. I hope she is careful with her operatic... 7:17 PM

To the victors go the DVDs

Congratulations and thanks to all the many, many parterriani who participated in the second annual Bühnenweihfestspielkrieg, an event that La Cieca is overjoyed to note sparked the liveliest discussion of the sort she so avidly welcomes here on her little chat board. The winners of the competition are named after the jump. Read more »

After the apocalypse

A reminder, cher public, that the Bühnenweihfestspielkrieg will finish tomorrow afternoon at the end of the broadcast/HD performance (and chat!) of Götterdämmerung from the Met. If you have any last-minute brainstorms, hurry now to the original posting and get them down and black and white. Read more »