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  • 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
  • papopera: What did they do with the Schenk production, is it stored somewhere, sold, or simply destroyed ?? 7:17 PM
  • m. croche: I didn’t know that, Batty. Science fiction – and to a lesser extent fantasy – is The... 7:17 PM
  • peter: Spoken like a true New Yorker. 7:13 PM

Regie to the Rescue! (A new competition)

La Cieca has always, against all odds, maintained that if there is one expression that best describes the mind of the average member of the cher public, that would be “plus vive que l’oiseau, plus prompte que l’éclair.” As such, it is only fitting that Mignon, by dear Ambroise Thomas, should inaugurate our latest brain-tickling quiz here at parterre.com. Read more »

Was bedeutet…?

Courtesy of contextual ad placement, here’s a quick and easy way to remember the meaning of the German term “Kulturbanause.” Read more »

not a comeback, but a return

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Dear Beau has been working his fingers to the bone editing together yet of his confounding “Casta diva” compilations. For this “easier” quiz, he has selected Normas represented, and La Cieca thought that this time around the competition part of the quiz might be best carried out in the comments section. First comment with all 11 singers identified correctly wins the coveted amazon.com gift card.

Casta Diva II