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Chat before you leap

La Cieca would like to call the attention fo the cher public (pictured) to the fact that the brief month of February this year not only includes an extra day but nine opportunities to chat! Read more »

Welch Chat leuchtet dort?

Yes indeed, cher public, there will be a chat (or, given the length of the work, perhaps a symposium) tonight during the premiere of Götterdämmerung from the Met. Read more »

A spark to pierce the dark

A reminder, cher public, of the webcast of Don Carlo live from Munich beginning at 10:45 this morning… and the parterre chat to accompany it. Read more »

Taken at the Metropolitan Opera during the rehearsal on September 20, 2011.

Queen for a night

Since the Met’s Anna Bolena makes its first TV appearance tonight, La Cieca thought you might enjoy an impromptu chat.

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Again with the chat

The cher public (pictured) will perhaps be happy to hear that La Cieca has managed to get her ducks in a row and now can present a complete schedule of chats through the end of January.

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Decision 2012

The first tough choice of the season looms tomorrow, cher public.

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Back to the beach

For this final evening of 2011, La Cieca invites you to a final chat.

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Slow news day

After a Monday that will go down in history as “the day nothing happened,” finally we may have a bit of excitement tonight as the Met broadcasts on Sirius and the web-based Listen Live. The occasion is the season premiere of La Fille du Régiment featuring Nino Machaidze and Lawrence Brownlee, with that lovely, litigious lark Kiri te Kanawa repeating her cameo as the Duchess of Krakenthorp. Discussion, of course, will ensue at 7:30 pm at La Casa della Cieca.

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Baby, it’s cold outside

Here’s a new idea La Cieca hopes will meeting with the approval of you, the cher public: a schedule of chats for the upcoming month, centered around the Met’s Saturday afternoon broadcasts and the “Listen Live” features during the week. Comments and addenda are, as always, welcome.

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Un chat plus poltron que brave

La Cieca (illustration courtesy of the Wall Street Journal) invites you, the cher public, to enjoy a chat tonight during the prima of Gounod’s Faust from the Met.

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