Cold dead hands Cold dead hands

The press department at the English National Opera is considering a revamp of the company’s press seating policy.

on September 08, 2019 at 12:39 PM
When you’re a Brit, you’re a Brit all the way When you’re a Brit, you’re a Brit all the way

The international finalists for the International Opera Awards have been internationally named from international artists.

on January 30, 2019 at 9:36 AM
Già dell’Apocalisse appariscono i segni Già dell’Apocalisse appariscono i segni

Ryan Speedo Green will sing Colline in tonight’s performance of Puccini’s La Bohème.

on October 03, 2018 at 4:42 PM
Hire of wonder Hire of wonder

WQXR has hired BBC radio and TV presenter, author, novelist, journalist and violinist Clemency Burton-Hill to be the station’s Creative Director, Music and Arts. 

on June 04, 2018 at 11:19 AM
Punch drunk Punch drunk

Breaking: Pasolini estate to sue Rupert Christiansen for libel.

on January 09, 2018 at 12:32 PM
This happy breed This happy breed

“Lyric’s November staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is the only American contender in the new-production category, conducted by Lyric Music Director Sir Andrew Davis and directed by Sir David McVicar.”

on March 02, 2016 at 12:07 PM
Breaking: horses not to be frightened Breaking: horses not to be frightened

“Our patrons are also our investors, and because many of our core subscribers are also our most generous philanthropists, we need to make sure that our programming jives with their expectations, what they’d like to see onstage.”

on September 22, 2015 at 2:15 PM
Once upon a Thames Once upon a Thames

“Likewise Susan Bullock and Nicholas Phan—leading exponents of Wagner and Britten respectively…”

on August 22, 2014 at 11:26 AM
Fog lifts over channel Fog lifts over channel

“When you read, and credit, the more feverish musings of the internet chatterati, there is some kind of British invasion storming the bastions of American opera.”

on March 16, 2014 at 2:01 PM
Kate Royal, Toby Spence ink 10-year Met deal Kate Royal, Toby Spence ink 10-year Met deal

Robert Rattray, who has long experience in artist management, has been appointed the Met’s next assistant general manager for artistic affairs, replacing Sarah Billinghurst, who will retire at the end of this season after two decades at the Met, the company announced Tuesday.”

on February 18, 2014 at 2:31 PM
Out of Touch Out of Touch

In a press release that was obviously sent in 1985 and for some bizarre reason only just arrived an hour ago, Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced the production of a new Ring cycle with Sir Andrew Davis conducting and David Pountney directing.

on January 17, 2014 at 1:26 PM
Not canard, more loon Not canard, more loon

“More telephone ring tones come from Bizet’s Carmen that any other opera.”

on January 10, 2014 at 4:12 PM
The Life and Death of Colonel Canard The Life and Death of Colonel Canard

La Cieca can’t even

on January 03, 2014 at 11:47 AM
Why Rupert Christiansen is the wrong commentator about gay rights protesters Why Rupert Christiansen is the wrong commentator about gay rights protesters

The veteran British critic click-whored

on November 08, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Queer canard Queer canard

“That [Tchaikovsky] committed suicide cannot be doubted, but what precipitated this suicide has not been conclusively established…”

on September 20, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Wack on Wacker Wack on Wacker

The announcement of the 2013-2014 season at Lyric Opera of Chicago is not good news at all.

on February 08, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Update on great operatic scandals of the 20th century Update on great operatic scandals of the 20th century

Noted junk sculptor Dr. Jonathan Miller is now the subject of a biography and it appears he’s mellowed in his old age.

on December 01, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Provocative ad provokes, surprisingly Provocative ad provokes, surprisingly

But not everyone is amused.

on October 05, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Decrease your word power Decrease your word power

La Cieca is starting a new series of Words Critics Need to Stop Using.

on February 17, 2012 at 11:19 AM

“Time and tide wait for no one” pontificates Myrtle the barmaid, setting the tone for André Previn’s opera about fleeting romance but enduring love:  Brief Encounter.  Loosely based on the play Still Life by Noël Coward and the screenplay for the film Brief Encounter by Coward and David Lean, this opera (now on CD) tells…

on June 06, 2011 at 10:29 AM

Houston Grand Opera’s Brit-in-Chief Anthony Freud will take an early departure of his post (recently extended to 2015) to move into the power vacuum created by the departure of William Mason from Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2012, says Culturemap Houston.

on April 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM

“A profile of Richard Eyre – ‘All good actors are quick-witted’, 27 November, page 12, Review – mentioned the theatre director’s recollection of having played one of the Three Little Maids in a school production of The Pirates of Penzance. Clarification has since come from the interviewee that in Pirates he played Kate, one of…

on December 06, 2010 at 12:28 PM

Given the choice, I’ll take Hans Neuenfels.

on July 25, 2010 at 9:03 PM

Next time you feel like rolling your eyes at one of La Cieca’s informal for-entertainment-only polls, put then back in your head and gaze on this silliness.

on June 15, 2010 at 5:27 PM