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And we have a Mot du Jour!

on September 09, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Couldn’t you just eat him up? Couldn’t you just eat him up?

ust when you thought it was impossible to adore Yannick Nézet-Séguin any more than you already did…

on May 07, 2012 at 4:53 PM

“The L.A. Phil’s new season is up, too, and the big news there is (for me anyway) the premiere of a new sacred oratorio by John Adams, entitled The Gospel According to the Other Mary. Maybe he gave it that title to distinguish it from a forthcoming work by Mark Adamo. “What? No, I meant…

on February 09, 2011 at 11:08 PM

“Zinta Lundborg is a writer for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own.” [Bloomberg]

on September 16, 2010 at 9:59 PM

“If [Francesca] Zambello were a composer, she would surely be Meyerbeer.” [MusicWeb International]

on June 11, 2010 at 8:04 AM

Ordinarily La Cieca bestows the Wildean accolade upon a local cher pube. This time, though, she cannot resist praising one of the commentariat at Unpop!, Daniel Stephen Johnson‘s new project over at the New Haven Advocate.

on February 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Will was the first cher pube to firmly commit to Don Pasquale, and as such he will be counted the winner of our most recent Regie quiz. Special thanks to eckermann, who earned “Le Mot du Jour” for his meticulously detailed (if totally off-base) analysis. 

on February 14, 2010 at 7:14 PM

“Though fine from a distance, the ladies’ costumes (also designed by Howell) had an air of Lisa Kudrow’s character on Friends circa 1994, which means they’ll probably be au courant in a few years.”  [Time Out New York]

on January 06, 2010 at 4:20 PM