“It’s quite a coup to have Alice Coote starring in not one but two company premieres at Lyric next season.”
So, as La Cieca understands it, this Halloween Rene Pape is going as Alice Coote disguised as Simon Le Bon playing The Joker attending a Flock of Seagulls concert.
Alice Coote talks about her life as a man. (No, really.)
Finally La Cieca understands what tumblr is for: “Alice Coote and Boobs.”
His shaved head in striking contrast to his dark beard and glinting eyes, the implacable Tartar conqueror glowers at us from the CD cover, while the uncropped photo of countertenor Xavier Sabata (above) is even more disturbing, featuring his raised fist and forearm tightly wrapped in a leather belt.