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  • Camille: Sumi Jo did not do a whole lot with that grand messa di voce moment. I was surprised to hear such a lack... 12:14 AM
  • Camille: Yes, it is amazing what happens. The lazy clerks who work in my memory bank hardly do a lick of work for... 12:02 AM
  • CruzSF: rapt & Camille: thank you both for your encouragement. Ideally, learning never ends, IMO. rapt: I... 11:39 PM
  • Quanto Painy Fakor: Could you please explain how you embedded the video from Vimeo here> 11:33 PM
  • Sempre liberal: I remember that night well. With today’s concussion rules in professional sports, Lehman... 11:28 PM
  • marshiemarkII: Oh CammiB, I went yesterday to Barnes and Noble on 86th St, to inquire about the release date for... 11:19 PM
  • marshiemarkII: CammiB! and Kruno, the suspense is over. Nothing like an obsessive compulsive opera queen. I went... 11:15 PM
  • Genevieve's Castle Room: <blockquote?Wel l, that makes your task even easier! Yup. Stay tuned! :-) 10:59 PM

Dead heat

Now the deadline has passed for the Immolation Quiz, La Cieca is happy if a bit puzzled to announce that the result is a tie: two of the cher public were able to identify 23 of the 25 voices in the quiz correctly.   Read more »

The lady in question

… is Anna Netrebko, performing “Vieni, t’affretta” from Verdi’s Macbeth at tonight’s opening gala at the Mariinsky. Read more »

Fire down below

The Immolation Quiz now stands tied between two competitors, each of whom has identified correctly 20 of the 25 singers represented. Furthermore, it appears to La Cieca that every artist heard in the compilation clip has been named, with the exception of two (2) dramatic sopranos. (She has been misidentified by several different commenters, in fact.) And so, cher public, for the same of your own copy of Wagner at the Met: Legendary Performances, your doyenne urges you to try, try again!

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Red letter day

“Her letter scene was glorious, and her final meeting with Onegin beguiling. Netrebko leaves nothing to be desired vocally and is a consummate artist as well.”

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Disc inferno

The music is “Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene” and it is up to you (and I do mean you) to identify the 25 singers involved.

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My heart at thy sweet quiz

La Cieca has heard the rumblings (from you, the cher public) that we have not had a singer identification quiz in all too long a while.

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The big sleep

It’s time yet once again for a listening quiz, cher public, courtesy of Our Own armerjaquino.

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A time to weep

Don’t let the headline worry you, cher public, what’s coming up after the jump is meant to be good clean fun, with a prize even.

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