Monstre sacré

Not that La Cieca begrudges Jessye Norman her Grammy Award (she’s pictured celebrating in Tokyo after the ceremonies), but, honestly, what all has La Jess achieved in her lifetime that she should be given a Lifetime Achievement award? Certainly Norman’s has been a very visible and well-publicized career, but when La Cieca talks about a lifetime of achievement (not to mention “monstres sacrés”), she tends to mean performers like Dame Gwyneth Jones and Leonie Rysanek. And talk about them La Cieca does, on this week’s “Unnatural Acts of Opera.” The featured opera is Elektra with Mmes. Jones and Rysanek as Elektra and Klytämnestra, respectively. It’s a live performance from the Grand théâtre de Genève, March 10, 1990. The YouTube video also features Elektra. Unnatural Acts of Opera

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