The way we chat now
Several things got into my inbox this week, calling into question my dependability and accuracy.
Chat
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.
What she said
Our Betsy (pictured) orates: “Mah fella Merkins! Rally round the Pashmina Shawl and let your voice be heard.”
Wags will tongue
As the season gears up, so does the chat at La Casa della Cieca.
Boom and bust
Just for you girls, Betsy turns her headlights on a nice handful of operas that will no doubt prove to be bags of fun.
The Great American Chat
Our Own Betsy cries, “Grab your spoon and dish: it’s Saturday chat time!”
Citizen chat
Our Own Betsy yelps, “Stop the presses! We interrupt this program to bring you this special bulletin!”
To give one pause
An early start for the Sunday chat, cher public.
Flying down to Bayreuth
The opening performance of the already-notorious 2012 Bayreuth Festival, Der Fliegende Holländer, begins at noon today EDT and is relayed on a number of web-available radio stations.
What is chat?
Says Betsy Ann Bobolink: “Today’s Chat Check is especially for the losers among us, those who fail at all the quizzes and games set before us.”
Beach, beach, beach
Here’s the thing about puns, Betsy: summer going to enjoy them and summer not.
Pre-code chat
Betsy Ann Bobolink presents a Betsy Ann Bobolink production of un film de Bétsy Ann Bobolinque.
I’ll see you in my streams
Coming up over the next two weekends: a pair of streamed video performances sure to provide plenty of chat fodder.
Sky rockets in flight
Says Betsy Ann “Yankee Doodle” Bobolink; “In honor of the upcoming holiday, today’s breakdown will forego the usual F.K. evaluation system in favor of rating each opera according to its ‘Ooo-Aah’ factor. “
It bleeds, it leads
La Cieca would never leave the cher public without something to gossip about, even in the middle of June.
Mock the knife
In short, which opera would most people most like to F.K.?
To absent friends
Miss Bobolink will be unable to do the weekly breakdown, as she is having her pique fitted.
Best laid chats
Reflecting my new mantra — “and would have gone on longer, had he not died” – here is The Curate’s Egg edition of the Saturday breakdown.
Space cadet
Yes, that’s the lovely and talented Cecilia Bartoli peeking out from under those bangs, offering us a glimpse of her first staged Cleopatra.
Home on the range
Our Own Betsy Ann Bobolink (not pictured) writes: “Well, let’s see. They’ve used sinks, bathtubs, commodes. Except for bathroom scales, that takes care of the primary fixtures in la salle de bain. Boudoirs have been done to death. Clocks, chairs, chandeliers are all hopelessly passe. The only room left for an aspiring director to seek inspiration […]
Photo finish
La Cieca’s choice of chat topic today is of course I Capuleti e i Montecchi, as webcast from the Bavarian State Opera at 1:00 PM EDT. Our own Betsy Ann Bobolink, however, naturally has her own ideas, as she will expound after the jump.
Buzzworthy chat
Our Own Betsy Ann Bobolink has returned from Capistrano or wherever it is she winters to bring us our first selection of chat subjects for the long, sultry summer season.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
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).
