La Cieca has received a copy of a message, apparently from the Metropolitan Opera, announcing the departure of Diane Zola from the company.
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La Cieca hears that major news is coming from the Met regarding 2021.
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La Cieca and the gang down at parterre box offer best wishes for a speedy recovery to Anna Netrebko.
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This series of concerts offered role debuts (of a kind) for Anna Netrebko as Elisabetta and Yusif Eyvazov as Carlo.
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A report from a parterrian audience member indicates that Mariusz Kwiecien canceled Les Pêcheurs de Perles after the first part yet again at the Met tonight.
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La Cieca is almost certain that Diana Damrau will not appear at the Met this fall for La traviata.
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Jonas Kaufmann‘s acclaimed Dick will highlight the Met’s 2018-2019 season.
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The list of Anna Netrebko/Yannick Nézet-Séguin collaborations has expanded once again.
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In addition to her first Met Aida performances next season, forthcoming projects for the one and only Anna Netrebko just keep gushing out.
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A spokesman for Anna Netrebko informs parterre box that the diva is scheduled to sing Aïda at the Met during the 2018-2019 season.
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La Cieca has the whole thing for you to listen to, cher public, as recorded Sunday afternoon.
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Here’s an extended clip of what the recent concert tour by Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov sounded like.
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Gotham Chamber Opera is ceasing operations and will be closing.
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Anna Netrebko adds yet another veristic aria to her burgeoning repertoire: “L’altra notte in fondo al mare” from Boito’s Mefistofele.
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La Cieca hears that Anna Netrebko‘s forthcoming Verismo CD will include the complete Act Four of Manon Lescaut.
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Madeline Kahn‘s 1968 interpretation of “Glitter and Be Gay” has been widely disseminated.
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Your doyenne peers into the future, or, to be more accurate, into the Future Met Wiki, to reveal the latest rumors on casting and repertoire.
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La Cieca hears that the Théâtre du Châtelet will continue its series of Stephen Sondheim productions with Passion, set to star Natalie Dessay (as Fosca, bien sûr!)
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You figured it out a fortnight ago, cher public.
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Fall 2015 is the target date for an as yet untitled one-woman show based on the life of Kathleen Battle, scheduled to star Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o.
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La Cieca hears that the Met’s opening night of the 2018-2019 season will be a new production of Samson et Dalila featuring Bryan Hymel and Elina Garanca.
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If Facebook is to be believed, Anna Netrebko and “Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov (age 37)” are engaged.
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Peter Gelb sent out an email to the “Public Bulletin Board” earlier today, noting that “inaccurate rumors [are] flying around” and attempting to clarify the Met’s position on upcoming union negotiations.
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