Questo e Quello
“Upon my word,” exclaims La Cieca (pictured at right, in the background), “I could almost swear I see a few empty seats on the other side of theater for the Met’s opening night performance of L’elisir d’amore!”
Frankly, the response to the Elektra quiz was uneven. La Cieca will explain after the jump.
“Is a work an opera simply because its creators choose to call it one?”
For all its rich evocations of 18th century Vienna and skillful balancing of slapstick and the sublime, Der Rosenkavalier’s popularity has always been rooted in its vivid principal characters.
“Considering one of the season’s star singers is a plus-size female impersonator, opera this fall is anything but a drag.”
Now that La Cieca (pictured) has returned to New York, she can hardly wait to hear your off-topic and general interest discussion for the week.
And finally, we come to the last night of our Ring-watching experience, cher public.
Ring mania continues tonight at 9 pm with Siegfried on PBS.
Welcome, cher public, to the second night of the week’s Wagnerama.
Welcome, cher public, to the first night of our Ring-watching experience
This is Ring week here at parterre.com, cher public.
Renée Fleming, celebrated soprano, musical ambassador and riffmeister…
Here’s a quiz compiled by Our Own DeCaffarrelli to help fill out the tedious month before the season opens, cher public.
La Cieca was hoping for an official announcement from the New York Times before she posted this, but it looks like she’s going to have to grit her teeth and link to Norman Lebrecht after all.
Press quotes on the back of this new release from EMI of Georges Bizet’s masterpiece promise ”a stylish and cliché-free Carmen” and on most fronts I think it’s a fair assessment.
Just for you girls, Betsy turns her headlights on a nice handful of operas that will no doubt prove to be bags of fun.
The dynamic American singing actress celebrates the 90th anniversary of her birth today.
New York City Ballet presents a rare staging of the only Stravinsky-Aristophanes collaboration.
Out of nowhere, Santa Fe Opera’s chief conductor Frédéric Chaslin has resigned his position.
Those of you who have longed to see a theme-park production of Gounod’s simple, romantic opera Romeo et Juliette, rejoice!
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for the New York City Opera is now offering subscriptions to its [2012-]2013 season.
Just for fun on a Monday morning: supply a caption to the above photograph.
To imagine that I have anything new to say about Maria Callas’ 1957 performance of Anna Bolena at La Scala is sheer pomposity.
Take a boozy short leave of your nymphos on shore, and enjoy your weekly intermission chat, cher public.
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
