Questo e Quello
Chat: Pelléas et Mélisande
The widely-acclaimed Aix-en-Provence production of Pelléas et Mélisande, broadcast at 1:00 PM on CBC-TWO, is the subject of this afternoon’s discussion at La Casa della Cieca.
Finale ultimo
On this day in 1967 the TV game show What’s My Line? broadcast its final episode, after a 17 year run on CBS.
Dancing lady
Happy 97th birthday dancer and choreographer Marge Champion.
Hidden in plane sight
“Trove Thursday” instead presents a rare Cavalli opera, Il Xerse, from 1665, featuring the lovely Swedish mezzo Kristina Hammarström in the title role.
A man of widespread fame
Born on this day in 1751 dramatist Emanuel Schikaneder.
Who is Sylvia? What is she?
“Part cabaret confessional, part homage to the Great American Songbook…”
Immobile
On this day in 1829 Rossini’s Guillaume Tell premiered in Paris.
Mighty real
Anna Netrebko‘s artistry is both subtle and thrilling.
Bunny hop
“Grammy Award winner and international opera star Joyce DiDonato will perform on October 3 in White Rabbit Red Rabbit.”
Not since Nebuchadnezzar’s hanging garden went to pot
Born on this day in 1922 soprano / mezzo-soprano / opera director Regina Resnik.
Meine Klangkunst, sie küssen so heiß! Meine Kleider sind schmiegsam und weiß!
Now this I call arts journalism!
A tale told by an idiot
Braindead fucktard Norman Lebrecht makes two major errors of fact in two sentences.
Beyond the forest
Mimìs, Violettas, and Cio-Cio-Sans may live, love, and meet their ends without a tear from me, but I have never left a performance of Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen dry-eyed.
The carat or the stick
Happy 61st birthday avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter Diamanda Galás.
Swan knight, how I love you, my dear old swan knight!
On this day in 1850 Wagner’s Lohengrin premiered at the Staatskapelle Weimar.
I’ve always felt like a kid
Happy 64th birthday actor, producer and comedian Paul Reubens, aka “Pee-wee Herman.”
“I have a vast variety of sources where we get our frocks”
Say what you will about Sarah Palin, but she gets her styling tips from the best!
Nous voulons explorer la bonté contrée énorme où tout se tait
Born on this day in 1880 poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
Statue of limitations
“Trove Thursday” has resurrected Hérold’s Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre performed by Les Arts Florissants.
Technique is communication
Born on this day in 1918 composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Flip or flop
Separated at spitcurl: ice queen Vanessa (Erin Wall) and misfit boy toy Claus (Jonathan Blalock)?
“One of the most easiest pieces for me to record”
Here’s a tease of Anna Netrebko‘s “In questa reggia,.”
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).