Questo e Quello
Happy 79th birthday to dramatic soprano Dame Gwyneth Jones!
Lilith. Pandora. Circe. Salome. “La Belle Dame sans Merci.” Carmen. Brigid O’Shaughnessy: the eternal “femme fatale” still fascinates us.
Born on this day in 1692 French poet Louis Racine.
This week’s “Trove Thursday” unearths Il Tito, a beguiling work by the inexplicably ignored Italian master Antonio Cesti.
Polish singers are chameleons. They have to be.
On this day in 1872 suffragist Susan B. Anthony voted for Ulysses S. Grant.
On this day in 1890 Prince Igor premiered in St. Petersburg.
“We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.”
Absent from Chicago Lyric Opera’s repertory for 21 years, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck came roaring into town on Sunday afternoon in a stunning new production by Sir David McVicar.
“CanCon”, or Canadian Content, is always a concern in Canadian cultural discourse.
On this day in 1952 Clarence Birdseye began marketing frozen peas.
La Cieca applauds Time Square concessioneuse Madame Tussaud for lending her exhibits as an added attraction at the Richard Tucker Gala
William Christie’s Les Arts Florissants made a much-anticipated appearance at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival Saturday performing Theodora.
Chances are that if you know the title Esclarmonde, you pretty much already know the basics.
Take a moment, cher public, to thank our splendid parterre.com advertisers for the month of November.
The annual Richard Tucker Gala is probably the event of the year to indulge your love of verismo staples and can belto screaming.
On this day in 1971 the musical The Grass Harp opened at the Martin Beck Theater, to run seven performances.
“The reorganized company’s first several seasons would present productions ‘already judged an artistic success and box-office favorite’ elsewhere, such as Bizet’s Carmen and Streetcar Named Desire.”
A milestone of sorts is reached today at parterre.com: La Cieca and her team of experts have posted 7,000 articles on this WordPress-powered site since May 2005.
La Cieca is gratified and even mildly humbled to announce that parterre.com garnered over half a million pageviews in the month of October, representing over 30,000 unique visitors.
On this day in 1611 Shakespeare’s romance The Tempest was presented by the King’s Men before James I at Whitehall Palace.
San Francisco Opera yesterday announced its third major cast change in five days.
On this day in 1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti finished painting The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.
Angela Gheorghiu‘ s idiosyncratically alluring, sometimes maddening, always fascinating Floria Tosca inevitably became the evening’s unmissable raison d’être.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
