Questo e Quello
“Thomas Hampson to Sing at Groundbreaking Ceremony for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on Feb 22; President Barack Obama Will Deliver Remarks”
Mariella Devia will augment her already vast bel canto repertoire next year with the role of roles: Bellini’s Norma.
La Cieca is starting a new series of Words Critics Need to Stop Using.
The guest soloist at the the Wiener Opernball was just introduced as “Rumäniens Antwort auf Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu.”
The comprimario tenor, veteran of 2,928 performances at the Met, died earlier today. He was 82.
“This is the highest number of performances for a conductor in a single week in Met history.”
“New York City Opera performed La Traviata at BAM Sunday afternoon. That’s who, what, where and when. But this was a performance without a ‘why’.”
Will robots replace prompters? Will random number generators replace stage directors?
Congratulations and thanks to all the many, many parterriani who participated in the second annual Bühnenweihfestspielkrieg…
“Less than 24 hours after the death of pop-star Whitney Houston, the color-blind casting of Violetta Valery…. gave the 159-year old opera a jolt of relevance.”
“No tenors, no arias, no orchestra pit, no plot. Can You, My Mother really be called an opera?”
Yes, the plot of Luisa Miller is a novella, and a pleasantly juicy one at that.
La Cieca invites the cher public to discuss off-topic and general interest subjects during the week of February 12.
Kyle Ketelsen and Bryn Terfel will sing four performances each of the role of Leporello in upcoming Met performances of Don Giovanni.
A reminder, cher public, that the Bühnenweihfestspielkrieg will finish tomorrow afternoon at the end of the broadcast/HD performance of Götterdämmerung from the Met.
Almost exactly one hundred years ago on March 18, 1912, the Metropolitan Opera gave its final performance to date of Armide.
After an earlier outage, parterre.com is now restored 100% .
Which opera production set off fireworks at the very first rehearsal when a leading lady was fired on the spot?
Congratulations to America’s Diva Renée Fleming, starring in the world premiere of Henri Dutilleux‘s opera buffa Absolutely Fabulous.
“Katarina Dalayman will sing the role of Brünnhilde in this evening’s performance of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung…
You’d think the intermission here at parterre are as long as those at the Met’s Ernani…
La Cieca hears that Anna Netrebko will sing her first Norma at Covent Garden in 2016.
Few singers today cause me as much consternation as Vivica Genaux.
“A revival of Verdi’s Ernani at the Met on Thursday proved tastefully understated. In other words, it missed the point entirely.”
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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