La Cieca thought she could omit birthday greetings for la Scotto this year since there was a big mention of the diva earlier this week, but the emails, IMs and, for all La Cieca knows, telegrams have been pouring in all day demanding a salute. And far be it from La Cieca to refuse the cher public! Read more »
“The People’s Diva,” who brought so much darkness and so much hope to us in 2010, is 52 years young today! Read more »
The evergreen American diva was born February 10, 1927. Read more »
Many happy returns to two big-voiced, big-haired sopranos who are still very much with us!
Der Rosenkavalier is exactly 100 years old today, a century after the world premiere of the Strauss/Hofmannsthal comedy at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden. La Cieca invites the cher public to share favorite Rosenkavalier memories and YouTube clips.
Best birthday wishes to pirate supreme, premier podcaster and archivist of the musical sublime and ridiculous. (See below.)
The opera composer and bon vivant was born December 22, 1858.
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