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  • WindyCityOperaman: Happy 91st (95th?) birthday soprano Inge Borkh httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=kRas TYiCipM... 7:03 AM
  • Ercole Farnese: Mr. Mack has been way too lenient towards Ms. Voigt. I haven’t seen/heard this DVD, so I... 6:59 AM
  • Feldmarschallin: The new Siegfried which opens on Pfinstsonntag at BSO. Funny that Lance Ryan sounds Eastern... 2:56 AM
  • MontyNostry: … and does Stemme’s voice really have a “bright sheen”? Oh, I’d... 2:55 AM
  • MrGuy1804: You are right on the money. I was not terribly impressed with any of the singing. There were a few... 12:29 AM
  • Camille: That was fun, thanks! I had completely forgotten Eastern Airlines, the Wings of Man. With a name like... 12:22 AM
  • Henry Holland: Thanks! Too bad they didn’t do Der Zwerg instead of the (wonderful) Puccini. The LA Opera... 12:09 AM
  • Camille: Thanks Blue, for the review. Lord, what are “earthy colorings”? 12:06 AM

enter the princess

“Salvatore, viens, j’ai trouvé une étoile!”

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Wenarto, watch your back!

hd update

La Cieca has obtained some exclusive footage from the first camera rehearsal for the upcoming HD telecast of Lucia di Lammermoor from the Met.  Extra rehearsals, she hears, have already been called!

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molto legato

If Wenarto, members of Cirque du Soleil and Rolando Villazón got really really high one night, this might be the result.

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(In fact, this music video stars Serge Desrosiers and was directed by Sandrine Béchade.)

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blessed is the day of troubles

Suffering artist Wenarto has decided to take arms against his sea of YouTube troubles and move his act to the less-celebrated but perhaps friendlier venue of Vimeo.com. What could be more fitting than that he should make his debut with a farewell.

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something for the birds

In general, La Cieca tries to avoid posting two YouTube videos in a row, but she’s making an exception this time around since internet it-boy Izzy Anderson has decided to tackle Mozart. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/gC5aoEhmw3Y" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] The direction is, as always, by the Seattle Svengali, Wenarto.

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wenarto is calling for me

The Mary Garden of YouTube is back, and better than ever: [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/PN3e6_nuORI" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]  

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there should be a new word for “gay”

… to describe this video which, frankly, makes Wenarto‘s oeuvre look like Dirty Harry. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/MCaLDvdsKSs" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

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wenarto in exile

Music video producer extraordinaire Wenarto is currently trying to get his invaluable collection of performances reinstated on YouTube following a terms of service contretemps. Pending when, as, and if the original site goes online again, Wenarto has created a new YouTube account highlighting his classical, operatic-themed and Izzycentric vids: 222Opera.  Visit soon, cher public, and often!

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