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  • papopera: Saw that when I was a young kid and even then found it inane. Typical Hollywood garbage. Did they eat... 8:49 PM
  • DonCarloFanatic: I am not familiar with the Schiller, although I have seen the play once, and it was in English.... 7:28 PM
  • DonCarloFanatic: I was just going to mention that the auto da fe music is the only happy music in this opera. No... 7:25 PM
  • oedipe: The slower increase of expenses, rather… 6:28 PM
  • oedipe: That’s what it looks like, Batty, but the net margin is still low (about 4%). Also, the net income... 6:08 PM
  • FragendeFrau82: Wow, all 4 performances! Hut ab! and enjoy! 6:01 PM
  • grimoaldo: One of Verdi’s favourite “tricks̶ 1; is to send characters to their deaths with... 5:55 PM
  • ianw2: The less time he has, too, to write another skidmark of an opera. 5:50 PM

Ghost boaster

Can a day pass without the New York Times‘ 24/7 coverage of the Met’s Ring getting on yet another of La Cieca’s nerves? Apparently not. The quote du jour (from Susan Froemke‘s film about the Robert Lepage process) is after the jump, with La Cieca’s bitching to follow.   Read more »