So, speaking of Jonas Kaufmann, who’s up for a chat during this afternoon’s webcast of Don Carlo at 1:00 pm? (Yes, I realize it’s not quite live, but it’s the most interesting offering La Cieca can see, and she received rapturous reports on the performance from a trusted colleague.)  Details after the jump. 

on June 05, 2010 at 12:59 AM

Why you chose it I can’t say: I guess you like it better this way. At any rate, this afternoon’s chat (by popular demand) will revolve around a broadcast of Il turco in Italia from the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Here’s the BBC 3 Player, and the live chat is in the usual location. 

on May 15, 2010 at 12:39 PM

La Cieca doesn’t want her cher public to scatter to the four winds just because the Met’s broadcast season has drawn to a close. So let’s choose an internet radio broadcast to enjoy (and to discuss) next Saturday.

on May 13, 2010 at 7:14 PM

Welcome to the Saturday afternoon chat about Alban Berg‘s Lulu, as broadcast from the Met beginning at 1:00 pm.

on May 08, 2010 at 11:52 AM

Internationally acclaimed dance club pop sensation Renée Fleming returns to her roots (she often sang opera during her college days) for this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Rossini’s Armida.

on May 01, 2010 at 11:52 AM

The chat for today’s much-anticipated broadcast of Tosca chat will begin at 12:30, in preparation for the 1:00 start time.

on April 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Live chat at for tonight’s Fliegende Holländer at the usual place.

on April 23, 2010 at 8:04 PM

The Traviata chat will begin at 12:45 beginning in preparation for the 1:00 start time of tonight’s performance.

on April 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM

La Cieca will not be near a keyboard (or for that matter a theoboro) this evening, but please don’t let that stop you, cher public, from chatting during the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Rossini’s Armida, starring Renée Fleming (not pictured).

on April 12, 2010 at 7:30 PM

La Cieca (not pictured) welcomes her cher public to a second week in good old Egypt with this afternoon’s broadcast of Die Zauberflöte. She is delighted to announce that during this afternoon’s chat she will give away tickets to the fascinating new musical theater program Inner Voices which includes that mini-opera Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle that Valmont…

on April 10, 2010 at 10:29 AM

UPDATE: The Traviata chat is beginning in preparation for the 8:00 start time of tonight’s performance.

on April 07, 2010 at 7:30 PM

La Cieca (pictured) is delighted to host an afternoon Aïda chat for you, the cher public — all of whom she imagines as having something of the grave dignity and multiple chins of dear Sir Cedric Hardwicke. 

on April 03, 2010 at 11:50 AM

You know La Cieca’s two favorite things in the world are French grand opera and ham, so how could she miss the chance to host a chat on so rare an occasion as today’s Met broadcast of Hamlet? The chat begins at 1:00 pm, and the details are after the jump.

on March 27, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Today’s Met broadcast is From the House of the Dead. Our habitual chat begins at 12:30 pm, and the details are after the jump.

on March 20, 2010 at 12:05 PM

Today’s Met broadcast is The Nose. Our habitual chat begins at 12:30 pm, and the details are after the jump.

on March 13, 2010 at 12:20 PM

You know La Cieca wouldn’t miss the chance to host a chat on so rare an occasion as today’s Met broadcast of Attila. Of course, on the radio you won’t get a chance to experience the Miuccia Prada or Herzog & de Meuron contributions, but your doyenne is sure that fellow chatters (chatterers?) will be…

on March 06, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Parterre fave Joyce DiDonato headlines an all-star performance of Le nozze di Figaro broadcast this afternoon from Lyric Opera of Chicago. [WFMT] 

on February 28, 2010 at 2:12 PM

This afternoon’s broadcast of La bohème (beginning at 1:00 pm) is sure to provoke lots of commentary from the parterriani. Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Mimì: Anna Netrebko; Musetta: Nicole Cabell; Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala; Marcello: Gerald Finley; Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti; Colline: Oren Gradus; Benoit/Alcindoro: Paul Plishka.

on February 27, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Let’s get conversational this afternoon, cher public, for the Met broadcast of Ariadne auf Naxos.

on February 20, 2010 at 12:22 PM

It’s that time of week once again, cher public, the Saturday afternoon chat accompanying the Met’s matinee broadcast. The topic of today’s colloquy? Why, it’s La Fille du Régiment beginning at 1:00 PM!

on February 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM

La Cieca welcomes cher plebians and cher patricians alike to a chat during this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Simon Boccanegra. The performance begins at 1:00 PM.

on February 06, 2010 at 9:47 AM

UPDATE:  La Cieca hears that Sondra Radvanovsky is ill this afternoon, which presumably means Juliana DiGiacomo will sing Lina.

on January 30, 2010 at 12:07 PM

Join La Cieca tonight for a chat saluting the Met farewell (and 2,928th performance) of character tenor Charles Anthony.

on January 28, 2010 at 12:54 PM

On this upcoming otherwise dreary Tuesday afternoon, La Cieca hopes the cher public will all be figuratively glued to their PCs and Macs for a live web telecast of Werther from the Opéra-Bastille.

on January 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM