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After last night’s opening of L’elisir d’amore, the chirping of the first critics is heard.
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I could go on gavotting
It’s taken more than a month for La Cieca to return to the Regie to the Rescue competition thanks in part to the generous wordage of the cher public.
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).
A last-minute intermission feature
The cher public (not pictured, one hopes) are invited to discuss off-topic and general interest topics right up to the moment the lights are dimmed.
The case of the missing Amelia
“In the space of a few words, the leading role in a major new production had been reassigned. But why?”
Wags will tongue
As the season gears up, so does the chat at La Casa della Cieca.
First sip
UPDATE: A video preview of the new Elisir follows the jump.
Lady for one day
But the part she seems most excited about is Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s treatment of Shakespeare’s Scottish play.
La Cieca, like Nature, abhors a vacuum
“Upon my word,” exclaims La Cieca (pictured at right, in the background), “I could almost swear I see a few empty seats on the other side of theater for the Met’s opening night performance of L’elisir d’amore!”
Ich kann nicht überspitzen
Frankly, the response to the Elektra quiz was uneven. La Cieca will explain after the jump.
Back to the Beach
“Is a work an opera simply because its creators choose to call it one?”
Silver, plated
For all its rich evocations of 18th century Vienna and skillful balancing of slapstick and the sublime, Der Rosenkavalier’s popularity has always been rooted in its vivid principal characters.
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Medium and rare
“Considering one of the season’s star singers is a plus-size female impersonator, opera this fall is anything but a drag.”
L’intervallo
Now that La Cieca (pictured) has returned to New York, she can hardly wait to hear your off-topic and general interest discussion for the week.
Twilight time
And finally, we come to the last night of our Ring-watching experience, cher public.
Sibling revelry
Welcome, cher public, to the second night of the week’s Wagnerama.
Rainbow party
Welcome, cher public, to the first night of our Ring-watching experience
Träume Center
This is Ring week here at parterre.com, cher public.
So what’s the deal with the Dew Fairy?
Renée Fleming, celebrated soprano, musical ambassador and riffmeister…
September song
Here’s a quiz compiled by Our Own DeCaffarrelli to help fill out the tedious month before the season opens, cher public.
Follow me and climb the stairs
La Cieca was hoping for an official announcement from the New York Times before she posted this, but it looks like she’s going to have to grit her teeth and link to Norman Lebrecht after all.
Smoke and mirrors
Press quotes on the back of this new release from EMI of Georges Bizet’s masterpiece promise ”a stylish and cliché-free Carmen” and on most fronts I think it’s a fair assessment.