Headshot of La Cieca

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  • La Cieca: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYFHAvULvJ0
  • Lindoro Almaviva: And in other non operatic news, but certainly diva related n...
  • Lindoro Almaviva: About mother-fucking time they stopped ignoring Kyle. He mor...
  • marshiemarkII: Schatsie I completely agree that Walhalla's burning has to c...
  • oedipe: Nerva, I was referring mainly to the American opera establis...
  • MontyNostry: As I understand it, all AVA tuition is free to the students....
  • m. croche: And commiserations on this day to Aleksander Pushkin, wh...
  • phoenix: Very interesting. Does audience expression/reaction determi...
  • phoenix: There were always mediocre casts available at the Met for th...
  • manou: Keks - this is very funny. My husband and I read it at the G...

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Lookism rears its ugly head

lookismFurther proof of the endemic menace of casting singers purely for appearance is this photograph of the dewy juvenile leads in Simon Boccanegra promoting tonight’s Channel 13 telecast of the opera.