Headshot of La Cieca

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  • marshiemarkII: My darlings manoucita and Bianchisssima, la Duquesa’s word is as good as gold, so the prize... 12:49 AM
  • marshiemarkII: My adored CammiB, and don’t you think we cause enough trouble already here with the pair... 12:45 AM
  • Camille: That Les Adieux de Marie Stuart is one of Meyerbeer’s best arias, QPFster! Thanks for posting it. 12:25 AM
  • Buster: Thanks a lot, Cocky, had not seen any of those! 12:13 AM
  • Camille: Bianca, is that not from Munich from last year or so? I am not really sure so you’d best ask... 12:07 AM
  • zinka: I enjoy the repartee..By the way, some elements of singing bother certain of us..For me the... 11:18 PM
  • zinka: Look.I adore flawed singers..Moedl is a prime example..i guess we all know we “weigh’ ; voices... 11:14 PM
  • LittleMasterMiles: I agree with Will that the swipe at McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare is gratuitous... 11:12 PM

Smooth operatic

“…amid horse-drawn chariots and Alexei Ratmansky’s uncharacteristically ragged ballet, it was hard not to wonder: Based on those muscular male extras strutting in the victory parade, did the ancient Egyptians invent chest waxing?” [New York Post]