Could there be any more “parterre” a way to spend a Saturday afternoon than listening to a broadcast from half a century ago of what must surely rank among the queerest operas ever written? Don’t bother to answer that, it’s a rhetorical question, and while we’re on the subject, you do not know how to read! You have never known what love is!
Oh, pardon me, cher public, but you know how La Cieca gets. Anyway, let’s meet to discuss the Met broadcast of Vanessa, starting at 1:00 this afternoon.
The usual suspects no doubt will tend to gather at La Casa della Cieca.
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