Who’s that girl in the “Hot Voodoo” wig riding on a rocket? Why, none other than the lovely and talented Cecilia Bartoli, offering us a glimpse of her Cleopatra at the Salzburg Pfingstfestspiele, which is a German word for “Memorial Day.” She heads a glittering company including Andreas Scholl, Anne Sofie von Otter, Philippe Jaroussky, Christophe Dumaux and Jochen Kowalski in Giulio Cesare, to be telecast tomorrow afternoon starting at 2:42 PM EDT, and the cher public are invited both to watch the show in the embedded player after the link and to chat in La Casa della Cieca.
Our Own Betsy Ann Bobolink (not pictured) writes: “Well, let’s see. They’ve used sinks, bathtubs, commodes. Except for bathroom scales, that takes care of the primary fixtures in la salle de bain. Boudoirs have been done to death. Clocks, chairs, chandeliers are all hopelessly passe. The only room left for an aspiring director to seek inspiration would have to be—the kitchen! ” Read more »
La Cieca’s choice of chat topic today is of course I Capuleti e i Montecchi, as webcast from the Bavarian State Opera at 1:00 PM EDT. Our own Betsy Ann Bobolink, however, naturally has her own ideas, as she will expound after the jump. Read more »
Our Own Betsy Ann Bobolink has returned from Capistrano or wherever it is she winters to bring us our first selection of chat subjects for the long, sultry summer season.
Here’s a change of pace for you parterre chatters as the Met season winds down.
The cher public are reminded that Verdi’s Macbeth will be broadcast and streamed from the Met tonight, and naturally La Casa della Cieca will be open for business.
The weekly Saturday afternoon chat continues today, cher public.
For this final evening of 2011, La Cieca invites you to a final chat. Starting at 6:30 PM, the cher public are invited to wade into The Enchanted Island, broadcast live from the Met.
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