Your doyenne didn’t even make it through the first paragraph of this opera-related article: “I’m not a patient person,” Anna Chatterton confesses over a quinoa brownie at a Toronto coffee shop… A female version of Don Giovanni by a veganess composer? It just doesn’t sound, well, promising, now does it?

By on February 04, 2008 at 11:45 PM
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…am dunklen Hage. Oh, and by the way, it’s always a delight to hear news about dear Lucine Amara!

By on February 04, 2008 at 11:35 PM
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Your doyenne has added a contact page so you may email her with all your tastiest soupcons!

By on February 03, 2008 at 11:34 PM
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By on January 31, 2008 at 8:13 PM
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Here are the results of La Cieca’s informal and utterly unscientific poll of her readers, asking “Who should replace Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in the Met’s production of Orfeo?” As you can see, a large plurality favored Ewa Podles, with David Daniels and Susan Graham also receiving numerous votes.

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