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  • kashania: I believe that was Gary Lehman filling for an ailing Ben Heppner. That run of six performances had two... 9:48 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: This is a more recent incident that no doubt many remember. It was a Tristan at the Met, not too... 9:27 PM
  • marshiemarkII: Kruno, I am surprised that you didn’t pick on the big booboo that I made talking about... 9:27 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: The Walküre in that box is wonderful too, with Melchior and Flagstad. Leinsdorf conducts. Oh, and... 9:07 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: It’s a hundred bucks at the Met store. 9:00 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: I am sure Tebaldi never bounced, she used to walk down. 8:58 PM
  • MontyNostry: Aha. I was thinking to myself, “Ferruccio Tagliavini isn’t that famous.” 8:56 PM
  • La Valkyrietta: I’m sure it happened to her in Boston, unless my memory is playing tricks on me. 8:52 PM

… and now the worse news

A couple of tweets from Thomas Hampson detailing some grisly-sounding future projects, following the jump.  Read more »

Avec la participation exceptionnelle de La Machine

La Cieca (not pictured) is always delighted when Met stars “cross over” into more popular genres of entertainment, as for example Stephanie Blythe and Nathan Gunn in Carousel. So imagine La Cieca’s glee (just imagine, I tell you!) when she found out that the star of the Met’s Ring production will make a cameo appearance in the popular Hunger Games film franchise. Read more »

Boathouse Betty

La Cieca just glimpsed this “save the date” from NYCO’s development department: Read more »

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Just what I wanted!

La Cieca (pictured, left) celebrated her birthday early this year when she unexpectedly received the perfect gift—the following press release.

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Anna’s anthem

Awesome Anna Netrebko wraps her considerable talent around a the Europop hit “La Voix.”  Note the correct use of hair extensions (without those ridiculous “rocker chick” bangs) and the plain but striking red gown. 

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Hunch confirmed

“Internationally acclaimed opera singer and arts administrator Plácido Domingo, General Director of Washington National Opera (WNO), will lead a group of his protégés in a concert performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto on August 2, 2010, at Beijing’s Reignwood Theater…. The concert performance marks the first time that Domingo, a legendary tenor who has recently made highly praised forays into the baritone repertoire, will sing the baritone role of Rigoletto. [Washington National Opera]

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The hits just keep on coming

… and the hope gets darker and darker as La Scoopenda performs Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah.”

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La Cieca celebrates her birthday early this year

“On her new album, Dark Hope, opera star Renee Fleming takes a ‘visit to a new, parallel universe.’ … Dark Hope finds ‘The People’s Diva’ covering songs by Muse, Arcade Fire, The Mars Volta, Death Cab For Cutie, Leonard Cohen, Band Of Horses, and more.”

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