Dimitra Theodossiou “takes” a high E-flat at the end of Odabella’s cabaletta.
You know, La Cieca lived through the 1980s, just barely, and then imagine her surprise when, midway through the 2000s, there was a revival of all that 80s stuff — shoulder pads, leggings, big hair, glitter. All of it. Well, no, not quite all of it. There was one trend of the 1980s whose revival we were mercifully spared. Until just now.
La Cieca listened to Sirius for a while tonight, but then her ears began to bleed. When the best singing comes from Margaret Juntwait… but I gotta tell ya, folks. Read more »
Long before there was Miranda, there was "La Perle Noire du Brésil," Natalia De Andrade. Read more »
Okay, La Cieca is finally ready to add another hard and fast "don't" to her Rules for Stage Directors. To wit: Even if a scene calls for something fantastical, and even if the mezzo doesn't actually walk out of the production when she first sees the costume... if your imagery immediately and inevitably screams "Star Trek," well... just don't! Read more »
Or is La Cieca mistaken: could this rather be Alfred Deller's "after hours" show? Read more »
Remember Dragana Jugovic del Monaco? Oh, come on, who could ever forget? Well, she's back (or was back, anyway, as of 1999) for the following crossover effort with a pop singer who La Cieca supposes must be billed as something like "The Ozzy Osbourne of the Republic of Serbia." Read more »
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