The Pennsylvania Dutchman
Verdi’s Stiffelio goes Amish in Vienna, featuring a stellar Luciano Ganci in the title role.
Giulio Ricordi
9 pieces since 2005.
9
pieces
22
years
Thoughts on La Forza del destino: versions
Following the composition of Un ballo in maschera, Verdi had gone into a self-imposed retirement, at least musically; he had not composed a note in four years.
Minnie happy returns
Puccini’s Girl closes out the 20th century and gallops into the 21st.
Back to the beach
Were La Rondine an IQ test, I’d be in trouble.
Pazzo son, guardate!
Manon Lescaut was Giacomo Puccini’s first big international success. His publisher, Giulio Ricordi, tried to put him off the project by citing Jules Massenet’s very successful adaptation just nine years previously. Puccini was intent on making the story his own, insisting, “A woman like Manon can have more than one lover… I shall feel it […]
One for the vault
Of all of Verdi’s operas. Aida is the one I find least interesting dramatically.
Le canard de la semaine
La Cieca would like to introduce a new feature debunking a popular misconception about some aspect of opera. To kick of the series, let us take into consideration Manon Lescaut’s expedition into the “desert” of Louisiana.
See the pretty diva in that mirror there
The diva must be a Diva in Adriana Lecouvreur. Fact.
Smashing the oligarchies
The decentralization of the music business is progressing so quickly La Cieca can hardly keep up. (Though it’s not like she’s completely in the loop; as you know, she only recently found out that Giulio Ricordi had died!) The very latest (as of this morning) is that Apple has launched a new build of iTunes […]
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