Something for everyone
From historical documents to the dernier cri of regie, October’s new DVD releases are a potpourri of objets d’art.
Recent Stories
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).
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.”
What she said
Our Betsy (pictured) orates: “Mah fella Merkins! Rally round the Pashmina Shawl and let your voice be heard.”
Yu’s on first
So what’s the news from the Met press office this late Friday afternoon?
Weia! Waga! Woge, du Web!
The Bayreuth Festival is trying something new and outreachy this season.
Future obscure
Which tenor, who shall remain nameless, is about to be replaced in a series of Met performances by a young colleague?
On with his head
Matthew Polenzani will sing the role of Leicester in all performances of the Met’s new production of Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda this season.
Out of the cradle endlessly rocking
No, not a Regie quiz—though that feature will return soon enough now that the season is up and running—but rather an image from the new Dmitri Tcherniakov production of Jenufa for the Opernhaus Zürich.
Putting the concept before the horse
No, that’s not how it’s supposed to work, Heidi Waleson.