The first full week of December is mostly, but not completely, about the Met.
La Cieca is sure that you, the cher public, will have the mostess’ of fun this week with the vast selection of operatic activities available in New York, which is why she’s offering you a few brief recommendations after the jump.
Different people look at things from different points of view: a fact so familiar it’s the refrain of one of the songs from the beloved music musical Lost Horizon. So La Cieca will have no quarrels if you don’t agree with her choices of must-see programming for the upcoming week.
The month of operatic novelties continues as La Cieca indicates points of interest during the week beginning November 12.
Cher public, if you’re anything like La Cieca (pictured), you won’t have any time for lounging about in your silk pyjamas this week because the opera schedule is such a glamorous whirlwind one scarcely has time to breathe!
This may seem a bit of a stretch, cher public, but stay with me. La Cieca introduces a new feature on parterre, named after not Lois Lane (pictured) but rather Lois Kirschenbaum, legendary Gotham opera fan. This Lois is widely regarded as a bellwether of noteworthy performances; or, to put it another way, if Lois…