Forget all the others. You need to read this review of The Nose. [New York Observer]
“Unlike Ms. Garanca, Ponselle was among the many Carmens who have tried some real dancing.”
Why is La Cieca not surprised that one of the few intelligent and detailed surveys of the dramatic element of the Met’s new Carmen should be written by a dance critic? [NYT]
La Cieca’s saturation coverage of the Met’s new Contes d’Hoffmann begins officially on Monday, when one of her most reliable and most devious spies promises a report from the dress rehearsal. You, the cher public, will be expected to sound off loud and clear during the opening night chat on Thursday at 8:00 pm. Read more »
Is it just me, or does this seem like using From the House of the Dead as a club to beat a dead horse? Read more »
I have to be honest, when I first got this CD from Cieca cara I thought, "What the fuck did I get myself into?" My assignment was to review the new Naxos recording of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. I did this show 10 years ago in school and it was not a happy experience. So, at first I thought, how could I be completely impartial? After the first 10 minutes of listening, I was so happy I got it. Read more »
The world needs a lot of things: health care, happiness, homo marriages, peace, prosperity and butterflies. What it doesn't need is a mediocre "budget" recording of a contemporary opera already satisfactorily recorded with the original cast. Read more »
I need to state right off the bat that I have never been one to worship at the altar of Maria Callas. While I can acknowledge her greatness, there are many other singers whom I prefer in the Bel Canto repertoire. So I was skeptical when I began watching Callas Assoluta from ArtHaus Musik. Read more »
The response to the critic auditions post has been something more than gratifying, cher public, with over 30 of you competing for entry into one of La Cieca's limited number of slots. Read more »
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