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Libret-tease

An underappreciated classic is about to be revived, cher public, and La Cieca wonders if you can identify it by a selection from the libretto. Details after the jump. Read more »

E tu nol sai?

A mysterious lady in the shadows of Castellor! Who might she be? Read more »

Intermission feature

kissinger_thumbA faithful reader has just informed La Cieca that, two weeks ago at the Met, during an intermission of La bohème, he saw Henry Kissinger, “flanked by two bodyguards twice his height and twelve times his weight.” Which led this reader to pose to you, cher public, the following trivia question:

“What makes Henry Kissinger unique of all visitors to the Met this season (other than, of course, that the rest of us aren’t unindicted war criminals whose Nobel Peace Prize, in the words of Tom Lehrer, made satire obsolete)?