“And as I thought about it, I couldn’t help wondering: when did Alex Ross become Carrie Bradshaw?”
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Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
“Apparently, age is a touchy subject for some aging divas.”
It’s about a Jewish Priestess, who has 2 secret children with a Roman Soldier, which already creates conflict.
So La Cieca figures if the New York Times can do seven pieces about Exterminating Angel in the past week, we should jump on the bandwagon as well.
Now this I call arts journalism!
Continuing coverage of the Met’s new Alban Berg spectacular.
The above is, bar none, the greatest headline ever written.
Miss Garden smiled. “You probably have never seen a thin Violetta,” she exclaimed. “You’ll find that that will make a difference.”
But the part she seems most excited about is Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s treatment of Shakespeare’s Scottish play.
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