“Dein brennend Haupt umwehe Kühle”
The burn here surely is the Publikum’s applause.
Muh booklet
“Will no one shed a tear for obsolescent analog technology?”
Ah tweet mystery of life
“…newfound celebrity on Twitter, where she is beloved by some of opera’s most ardent fans.”
Another one bites the Russ
The most exquisitely queer “parterre box” headline of all time has been written.
Broadcast: Hadrian
Twitter legend Karita Mattila, elegantly muumuu’d Thomas Hampson and Les Boys headline Rufus Wainwright‘s grandiose opera Hadrian.
Happy National Coming Out Day
“Love is love,” tweets tenor Michael Fabiano.
Old friends
Now, if there’s one thing I know about authorial intentions, it is that Verdi totally wanted the first act of La traviata to look like a dinner dance reunion for the class of 1988.
U mad?
I found myself engrossed in the comments of bitchy queens and backseat directors.
Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
“The background chorus characters in the Broadway show I saw tonight unobtrusively included a gay couple, and jaded though I sometimes am I think that’s really neat.”
Embroidered silk
Maria Agresta‘s delicately-acted, sumptuously-sung seamstress transformed what might have been just an average Wednesday night revival into something finer.
Coffee break
La Cieca (pictured, in her dreams) would like to pause just a moment in her editrixing duties for a spot of housekeeping.
Tweet charity
La Cieca is positively brimming with excitement to bring you an exclusive interview with @FakeNLebrecht, connoisseur of sick notes, writer of fiction and obituaries.
The Met: What is to be done?
Coming as Peter Gelb did from the music industry, opera lovers hoped that he would display a more distinctive knack for casting and an improved talent pipeline than Joe Volpe offered during the waning years of his tenure.
Danielle fires back
The leading lady of the Bayerische Staatsoper’s production of La Calisto has taken to the Twitters to respond to the recent discussion of her comments about Miley Cyrus.
With one look
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2014-2015 season will consist of Tannhäuser, The Passenger, Tosca, Porgy and Bess, Il Trovatore, Anna Bolena, Capriccio and Don Giovanni.
Tweet and lowdown
Everyone can go home now, because Twitter has reached its zenith.
… and now the worse news
A couple of tweets from Thomas Hampson detailing some grisly-sounding future projects.
Couldn’t you just eat him up?
ust when you thought it was impossible to adore Yannick Nézet-Séguin any more than you already did…
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).
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