That’s right, it’s September 30, 2019 and Venomous Fishwife Norman Lebrecht claims this is the first time in his entire life he has heard that some people might find Turandot offensive.
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Norman Lebrecht will open season with his own unrepentant ignorance.
Venomous fishwife Norman Lebrecht has gleefully seized upon the death of beloved diva Montserrat Caballé to use her scarcely-cold cadaver as a club to attack (who else) Peter Gelb.
For your pleasure: visit Fake Norman Stories and see AI-generated Slipped Disc headlines.
Put down the potion, Norman.
All the more reason to admire the already splendiferous Barbara Hannigan as she gently and tactfully slaps down the obstreperous Norman Lebrecht.
Norman Lebrecht reveals himself once more to be no observer at all.
One thing Norman Lebrecht does better than anyone in the business: whipping up a racist frenzy.
Even the news of the Met’s upcoming season and coverage of important revivals of Semiramide and Parsifal couldn’t hold a candle to the cher public’s interest in the star pairing of Sonya Yoncheva and Michael Fabiano.
Either venomous fishwife Norman Lebrecht has deliberately misquoted and misinterpreted what Jonas Kaufmann said in a recent interview, or else Jonas Kaufmann needs to go fuck himself.
Happy 63rd birthday cartoonist Roz Chast.
Coot-owned and -operated blog which never reviews anything complains that the New York Times classical music section is reviewing the wrong things.
Peter Gelb offering voluntary buyouts to a couple of dozen employees is precisely the same thing as Nazis murdering hundreds of people.
Braindead coot Norman Lebrecht gets it wrong again.
“Peter Gelb says opera in the United States is having trouble finding an audience.”
La Cieca was contacted this morning (not too early!) by a representative of the “Lebrecht Live” programme on BBC3. The show is set to discuss the burning topic “Is there cultural value in blogging?” And this is what La Cieca has to say, at least to begin with: One may read consistently brilliant cultural criticism…
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