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In Moses und Aron Schoenberg’s struggle with the essence of his own Jewishness is the cosmic glue that bonds Kosky’s to Schoenberg’s vision.
Bayreuth scion Katharina Wagner treats her choristers well. When they complained about getting soaked with stage blood, she bought them all latex panties at sex shop Beate Uhse. [n-tv]
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
That sizzling septuagenarian Dame Gwyneth Jones, now in the fifth decade of her career, celebrates a “first” this weekend when she makes “her long awaited Scandinavian debut” singing Herodias in a new production of Salome with the Malmö Opera. Now, that is what La Cieca calls a lovely all-purpose costume! Should Dame Gwyneth add to her repertoire…
Our previous Regie quiz didn’t stump many of you: the opera was Der Fliegende Holländer in productions by Calixto Bieito (doghouse), Peter Konwitschny (spinning class) and Christopher Alden (corpse bride). And now, what might this opera be?
Our Mystery Regie this time presents a standard opera in three acts. So let’s see one image from each act — although each image is from a different production of the work. Remember, cher public, if you actually recognize the production, hold your tongue and allow others to guess!
You’ve all worked out that the previous Regie quiz was Don Carlos in the Peter Konwitschny production. So now, how about a few guesses what opera these two photos might represent? (Please, any of you who already know the production, please let the others try to work it out!)
Given the current lively discussion of Peter Konwitschny‘s regie of Don Carlos, La Cieca thought the cher public might like to see (and to debate) the “Celestial Voice” scene from this production. UPDATE: Since the discussion has now broadened to involve the context of this scene, La Cieca has substituted a player with a selection…
Two images from a recent production of … well, you tell me! Our previous Regie riddle? It’s Tristan und Isolde, of course, directed by “The Cher of Regisseurs,” that one-named wonder Rosalie.
“Seattle Opera did more than put an intermission between the two scenes. It restored, or opened, to use opera terminology, customary cuts in the score and invented a dream sequence to open Act 2, using music written by Leoncavallo but not for Pagliacci. Two mimes, Comedy, in white, and Tragedy, in black, open the opera…
Three images from a single production of an opera in the standard repertoire. What is the opera?
So, tell me, what is this jolly-looking opera? (UPDATE: La Cieca has added a second image from the same production.) The previous Regie was Die Fledermaus, the first act trio for Rosalinde, Alfred and Frank.
And what might this opera be? Answer to our previous Regierätsel: Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
Same character, same opera, different productions. Guesses?
When she first saw this photo, La Cieca thought, well, it’s about time we saw an all-bear production of The Lisbon Traviata. But, in point of fact, that delightful Terrance McNally play is not what this picture depicts. So La Cieca puts it to you, cher public What is this opera?
More Geheimnisregie. What’s the opera? (Hint: it’s not Carmen).
Introducting a new guest critic, Giulia Grisi, who blogs regularly for “Il Corriere della Grisi.” La Scala’s 2007-8 opera season opened last night (December 7) with a new production of Tristan und Isolde. The Milanese theatre hadn’t presented Wagner’s masterpiece since 1978, when Carlos Kleiber‘s masterful interpretation became an instant classic, in spite of a…
La Scala, December 7. 2007.
That “Cate Blanchett” Traviata we were talking about earlier? Turns out there’s video of the dress rehearsal.
Which opera is this? And for bonus Cieca Bucks, which scene?
Yes, it’s yet another Geheimnisregie quiz. Which opera is this?
No, this opera is not Der Tee und das Mitleid. Rather, it’s . . . ? At least one of you has guessed correctly so far. Let’s see if we can reach a consensus with the help of an additional image.
Three photos from the same production this time. Guesses in the comments — and if you know the answer, please keep quiet while the others play!
