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armerjacquino: You know, for some reason I forced my way through all of that and all I have to say about it is... 6:22 AM
m. croche: said I was a refined opera connoisseur and that my engagement with the art form is often purer. Why?... 4:14 AM
A. Poggia Turra: Busy days for Christian Thielemann: On 21 May Arte LiveWeb will stream a Wagner/200 concert from... 4:08 AM
derschatzgabber: In my experience, all of the Seattle, San Francisco, and LA Rings have been done in 6 days.... 3:55 AM
derschatzgabber: Hi the Kid, sorry I couldn’t be physically in New York for the vigil. But I was there in... 3:49 AM
derschatzgabber: Wow! Somehow I have always missed that the first Rings were done in 5 days, That just seems cruel... 3:39 AM
Quanto Painy Fakor: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=dbMK 3R770-Y 3:34 AM
m. croche: I’d have bitten down hard on my cyanide capsule after five. 3:22 AM

Encore! Encore!

by La Cieca | 12:06 pm | May 17, 2013

For tomorrow afternoon’s chat at La Casa della Cieca, your doyenne offers an unusual double blast from the past. Read more »

Yet here’s a chat

by La Cieca | 10:37 am | May 10, 2013

For your viewing and discussing pleasure tomorrow afternoon, cher public, La Cieca recommends a live webcast of Verdi’s Macbeth from the Bayerische Staatsoper. Read more »

Spin cycle

by La Cieca | 4:22 am | Apr 20, 2013

Your Wagnerian alternatives for today’s chat in La Casa della Cieca: Siegfried from the Met beginning at 11:00 am or a webcast of Der fliegende Holländer from the Bayerische Staatsoper starting at 2:00 pm. Read more »

Our own JJ plans a comeback

by La Cieca | 3:42 pm | Mar 22, 2013

Our Own JJ (not pictured) discussed “star quality” on WQXR’s Operavore program tomorrow afternoon at 12:30.

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Strange music

by La Cieca | 5:35 pm | Feb 17, 2013

Sempiternal soprano Edita Gruberova celebrates her “45th stage anniversary” tomorrow, Monday February 18 with a performance of Alaide in Bellini’s La Straniera live from the Vienna Musikverein.

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