Christ, what an intermission feature!
La Cieca invites to flaunt your wit by supplying a caption for the above cartoon, the more New Yorker-esqe the better.
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Smells like teen critic
Friend of the box Opera Teen (pictured, right) reacts to Saturday night’s performance of Otello.
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).
The way we chat now
Several things got into my inbox this week, calling into question my dependability and accuracy.
He, Avgust! Bringt mir unser Sänger her!
Avgust Amonov will make his Met debut in the title role of tomorrow evening’s performance of Verdi’s Otello, replacing Johan Botha, who is ill.
Out of the past
James Levine, the Metropolitan Opera’s Music Director, will return to conducting on May 19, 2013 with the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Things no general director actually says of her own free will for $500, Alex
“I am thrilled that operatic superstar Denyce Graves will join the cast of The Mikado, singing the role of Katisha.”
Beating time
So meandering and ragged a reading would be alarming at a first rehearsal; for a first night, it was a scandal.
Something for everyone
From historical documents to the dernier cri of regie, October’s new DVD releases are a potpourri of objets d’art.
Schoolboy crush
Handel’s 1711 opera Rinaldo was the first Italian opera ever written specifically for the London stage.
Scent of mystery
La Cieca has been sniffing around her generally reliable (and fragrant) sources, and she thinks she has pieced together a list of the dozen operas to be featured in the 2013-2014 season of “The Met: Live in HD.”
There’s no place like Regie
La Cieca (not pictured) tips her hat (pictured) to the participants in our second “Regie to the Rescue” competition.
Pink is the navy blue of chat
Mesdames et mesdames, there is something for every taste in every style to make you a fashion standout in La Casa della Cieca this afternoon.
Provocative ad provokes, surprisingly
But not everyone is amused.
An unknown object draws us
Could there possibly be any more providential day of the year for New York City Opera to announce their Annual Fall Vintage Event?
Was hast du, Nemorino, du siehst so verstort?
In a rare last-minute change of program, the Metropolitan Opera has canceled tomorrow night’s performance of L’elisir d’amore.
All for the best
George Steel announces that New York City Opera is destroying, giving away or selling off most of its stock of repertory productions.
The medium is the mezzos
“Two generations of gypsy women dominated the first weekend of the Met’s new season.”
Tales of the unexpected
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.
I had a dream
And in this dream, WQXR’s Operavore was hosting an exclusive season preview for the Met at the charming downtown Greene Space.
And now a word
La Cieca invites you take a moment from your off-topic and general interest discussion to take note of our latest advertiser.
Oral, history
“Yeah, I was in London and I got a text message from Renee Fleming.”