Touched by an angel
La Cieca reminds the cher public (pictured) that The Fiery Angel, webcast live from Munich, begins shortly.
Cher Public
Cher public, affrettati, precipita per l’etra!
La Cieca’s familiar spirits have been turning their generally steely eyes to the Future Met Wiki, attempting in vain to make sense of impending repertoire and casting at Casa Gelb.
Apocalyptic post
“We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.”
Ow, my keyboard!
A milestone of sorts is reached today at parterre.com: La Cieca and her team of experts have posted 7,000 articles on this WordPress-powered site since May 2005.
Elektral college
La Cieca thought the cher public might like to share some of their favorite Elektra videos and anecdotes.
Number one with an axe
Here you are, cher public, your ten most popular parterre box postings (by numbers of pageviews) for the week of September 27-October 3, 2015.
Jumpin’ Jehovah!
In between gazing at tonight’s Super Blood Moon, cher public, you are invited to post your favorite moon-related YouTube videos in the comments section below.
Ha, wie begreifst du schnell und wohl!
Well done all of you for guessing almost all the correct identities of the mysterious Ortruden.
Triskaidekaphilia
Your task: name the Ortruds, all unlucky 13 of them.
Summer madness
Though La Cieca’s occasional brushes with democracy have not left her with much faith in that form of decision-making, she is going to make the leap anyway and turn some small measure of control over to you, the cher public.
They’re only in it for the do
What with all the interest in the recent Rome performances of Aïda (and in part, at least, in Anja Harteros‘s approach to the high C in the Nile aria), La Cieca thought it would be fun to hear how some divas of the past and present have coped with that very challenging phrase. And, just […]
City of night
Krzysztof Warlikowski‘s controversial production of Don Giovanni at La Monnaie is now streaming online.
He is a camera
One of the nicest of parterrians, coloraturafan has launched an exciting new video project and he could use a little help from you, the cher public.
The seven percent solution
You figured it out a fortnight ago, cher public.
Femmes fatales
You’ve cast your votes for the operas you most look forward to hearing at the Met this fall, and if the opera has “Macbeth” in the title, you’re there.
Listen like a pirate day
In honor of “Talk Like a Pirate Day” La Cieca invites you, the cher public, to share reminiscences (and, where applicable, YouTube clips) of your favorite pirate recordings.
Luke swarm
La Cieca (pictured) fears that the parterre hive mind proved itself populated with more drones than workers this time around.
How cher the public
You know, the commenters at parterre.com (pictured) may get a bit testy from time to time, but at least nobody here says stuff like, oh, for example…
Monster ball
I have banged on and on about doing an “Abscheulicher” quiz for years.
Ambitious spirit
Never let it be said that La Cieca does not pamper her cher public. After the jump, and exclusively on the web, listen to the role debut of Anna Netrebko in Verdi’s Macbeth.
O Mäzene!
It’s been too long, cher public, since La Cieca last lauded the true unsung heroes of parterre box: our advertisers.
Going to the mattresses
La Cieca reminds the cher public (pictured) of today’s live webcast of Der Rosenkavalier from Malmö Opera starting at 1:00 PM, accompanied by a chat session in La Casa della Cieca.
Bomp in the night
The first single by MU, “The Bomp Bomp Song,” is now available for download from CD Baby.
City of dreams
With issue #42a, “City of Dreams,” parterre box the queer opera zine returns at least temporarily to a rational numbering system.
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).
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!
