Blindsided
Which superstar tenor is about to record a complete opera that surely sell lots of copies, causing his fans to rejoice?
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Stuck in the middle With you
Happy 80th birthday mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender.
Broadcast: Carmen
The Royal Opera’s production of Bizet’s Carmen will be livestreamed for free starting at 1:30 PM today.
Reform school
Born on this day in 1714 composer Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
And now a word for our sponsors
La Cieca and the gang down at parterre box want to express our gratitude to our advertisers.
Eyes that see in the dark
A detailed and persuasive review by Christian Ocier was the most popular post on parterre box for the month of June.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
Drama is real
Teatro Nuovo put on a perfectly delightful show on Thursday night.
Coming out
On this day in 1933 Richard Strauss’ Arabella premiered in Dresden.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
Broadcast: Cendrillon
The live telecast from the Glyndebourne Festival has just started!
Hoops to swell her Pride
Born on this day in 1685 playwright and librettist John Gay.
Out of the pastiche
Born on this day in 1911 composer Bernard Herrmann.
Opera, queens
La Cieca hears that for the first time in recorded history, the Metropolitan Opera will have an official presence in the Pride March this Sunday.
Defying gravitas
Benjamin Yarmolinsky’s The Constitution: A Secular Oratorio, performed by Vertical Player Repertory on Thursday evening, was an awful lot of legal speak for one evening.
He’s a Cat who has lived many lives in succession
The Royal Opera Covent Garden is getting into the act with a star-studded revival of Cats featuring Sir Bryn Terfel (pictured) as “Old Deuteronomy.”
Let’s talk about sax
Born on this day in 1902 composer Richard Rodgers.
From Russia with love
Under any circumstances, the Russian Opera Workshop’s radiant concert performance of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta would have been an event to celebrate.
Vaness: Ah!
“Trove Thursday” turns to an opera by a gay American composer prior to Sunday’s Stonewall 50 commemoration: Samuel Barber’s gothic melodrama Vanessa starring the great Carol Vaness.
Love me, baby, love me!
Born on this day in 1932 soprano Anna Moffo.
Peak gay achieved
“For five years, concert pianist Theo Mangrove has been living at his family’s home in East Kill, New York, recovering from a nervous breakdown that derailed his career.”
Swing time
On this day in 1911, The Ziegfeld Follies opened at the rooftop Jardin de Paris.
