Race-bait to the bottom
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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E avanti a lui tremava tutta Nagasaki
Norman Lebrecht will open season with his own unrepentant ignorance.
Vicious hack defiles corpse
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.
New Yorker prepares for breastfeeding
For your pleasure: visit Fake Norman Stories and see AI-generated Slipped Disc headlines.
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Lebrecht
Put down the potion, Norman.
Lessons in love and vehemence
All the more reason to admire the already splendiferous Barbara Hannigan as she gently and tactfully slaps down the obstreperous Norman Lebrecht.
Don Pasquale di Correzione
Norman Lebrecht reveals himself once more to be no observer at all.
“It all depends on whose ox is being gored”
One thing Norman Lebrecht does better than anyone in the business: whipping up a racist frenzy.
Winter meeting: the top ten parterre posts for February 2018
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.
Quote unquote
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.
“I don’t think you need to have a difficult childhood to be funny, but it helps”
Happy 63rd birthday cartoonist Roz Chast.
Slipped hypocrisy
Coot-owned and -operated blog which never reviews anything complains that the New York Times classical music section is reviewing the wrong things.
My metaphor was drawn from genocides
Peter Gelb offering voluntary buyouts to a couple of dozen employees is precisely the same thing as Nazis murdering hundreds of people.
Norman Lebrecht wants *you* to fact-check his next column
Braindead coot Norman Lebrecht gets it wrong again.
If it quacks like a Lebrecht
“Peter Gelb says opera in the United States is having trouble finding an audience.”
Lebrecht, c’est echt
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 […]
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).
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
