Questo e Quello
In a rare last-minute change of program, the Metropolitan Opera has canceled tomorrow night’s performance of L’elisir d’amore.
George Steel announces that New York City Opera is destroying, giving away or selling off most of its stock of repertory productions.
“Two generations of gypsy women dominated the first weekend of the Met’s new season.”
Saturday matinee’s prima Trovatore brought an exciting and compelling show to the Met’s stage in the revival of David McVicar’s dark, Goya-esque production.
And in this dream, WQXR’s Operavore was hosting an exclusive season preview for the Met at the charming downtown Greene Space.
La Cieca invites you take a moment from your off-topic and general interest discussion to take note of our latest advertiser.
“I literally wanted to punch Sher in the face.”
“Yeah, I was in London and I got a text message from Renee Fleming.”
Our Betsy (pictured) orates: “Mah fella Merkins! Rally round the Pashmina Shawl and let your voice be heard.”
So what’s the news from the Met press office this late Friday afternoon?
The Bayreuth Festival is trying something new and outreachy this season.
Which tenor, who shall remain nameless, is about to be replaced in a series of Met performances by a young colleague?
Matthew Polenzani will sing the role of Leicester in all performances of the Met’s new production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda this season.
No, not a Regie quiz—though that feature will return soon enough now that the season is up and running—but rather an image from the new Dmitri Tcherniakov production of Jenufa for the Opernhaus Zürich.
No, that’s not how it’s supposed to work, Heidi Waleson.
Which VIP at the Met’s opening night barely lasted through Belcore’s entrance aria before hustling out the door and leaving a gaping lacuna in the guest seating chart?
After last night’s opening of L’elisir d’amore, the chirping of the first critics is heard.
It’s taken more than a month for La Cieca to return to the Regie to the Rescue competition thanks in part to the generous wordage of the cher public.
The cher public (not pictured, one hopes) are invited to discuss off-topic and general interest topics right up to the moment the lights are dimmed.
It’s the end of the world as we know it.
“In the space of a few words, the leading role in a major new production had been reassigned. But why?”
As the season gears up, so does the chat at La Casa della Cieca.
UPDATE: A video preview of the new Elisir follows the jump.
But the part she seems most excited about is Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s treatment of Shakespeare’s Scottish play.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
