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Mommy track

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:48:49 +0000

UPDATE: A spokesman for Anna Netrebko just has informed La Cieca “Anna is not pregnant.” An Austrian website thie morning reported the rumor that Anna Netrebko is expecting again. [OE24.at]

The People’s Courtesan

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:45:25 +0000

Like Liza Minnelli at the Palace or Nomi Malone in Goddess, Renée Fleming’s Thaïs is better understood as diva event than Gesamtkunstwerk. It’s an opportunity to watch a star lady do her voodoo in a work that exists largely to showcase her glamour and appeal. The raison d‘être of this particular showcase is undoubtedly the [...]

Make ‘em laugh!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:05 +0000

“A German, a Peruvian and a Kiwi walk into an American theater and start speaking French: that sounds like the premise of a joke, right?” Our Own JJ reviews La fille du régiment at the Met.

Regie Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:51:23 +0000

Congratulations LogeLizard for so adeptly pinpointing Manon Lescaut as the solution to our most recent Regie quiz. The production was by Graham Vick for the Teatro la Fenice, and we have a glimpse of this regie in action after the jump. Now, to work. Can someone please explain the following Panic at the Disco?

“What do I look like, an ATM?”

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:36:52 +0000

The 1990s never ended, it seems. Joe Volpe back at the Met, and his one-time sidekick Alberto Vilar back in the news. The Felonious Philanthropist, donor of abut $12 million to the Met during Volpe’s tenure, was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison for such charges as securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. [...]

Council chamber

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:47:36 +0000

La Cieca welcomes cher plebians and cher patricians alike to a chat during this afternoon’s Met broadcast of Simon Boccanegra. The performance begins at 1:00 PM. Intermission features today include the Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera Quiz with moderator Teddy Tahu Rhodes testing Michelle Krisel, Neal Goren and Michael Capasso. Backstage, Renée Fleming (”La [...]

I would like a waffle

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:12:47 +0000

La Cieca preens proudly to present a peerless pair of protégés (left to right) Squirrel and Maury D’Annato. The bromancers attended (or one should say “took in”) last night’s Ariadne auf Naxos at the Met, and as of early this afternoon they were still deconstructing. maury: oh hey look at us squirrel: sec, coffee. ok maury: ok squirrel: sec, [...]

She’s no longer a gypsy, part deux

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:23:59 +0000

Angela Gheorghiu will not sing Carmen at the Met this season. Says the diva: “To make so important a debut as Carmen, I want to be as prepared dramatically as I am musically. Therefore, I will postpone my role debut until a later date when I can work intensely with the Richard Eyre production.” Kate Aldrich [...]

“L’etoile fait tout”

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:30:09 +0000

“Maybe this bold staging was a little overwrought. But when you have Ms. Garanca as Carmen, why not?” Anthony Tommasini offers an object lesson in the art of Criticism as Starfucking. Okay. Here’s “why not.” The idea of turning Carmen’s dance into a lap dance basically strips a whole layer of meaning and irony [...]

Joementum

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:57:19 +0000

“Joseph Volpe, who served as the Met’s general manager from 1990 to 2006 and authored a memoir about the experience called The Toughest Show on Earth, has been hired by Mr. Gelb, his successor, to represent the company in upcoming contract negotiations with its three major labor unions.” [New York Observer]

Kam der neue Gott gegangen

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:44:06 +0000

La Cieca hears that Lance Ryan, scheduled to make his Met debut tonight in Ariadne auf Naxos, is indisposed. Subbing as Bacchus is Michael Hendrick.

Fair and balanced blind item

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:03 +0000

Which sour face has suddenly reappeared at the Met because the board wants the toughest possible representation during upcoming union negotiations?

“That concept is insane!”

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:44:40 +0000

“Director Manfred Schweigkofler conceives a new production that pits the Capulets and Montagues against one another as dueling fashion houses. Against a backdrop of models, paparazzi and high style, Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other unfolds to its deadly conclusion.” [Opera Company of Philadelphia]

Jamais Vu

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:14:06 +0000

Maestro James Levine leaps onto the “mono-play” bandwagon. [Photo: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times] Cher public, you are invited to contribute your ideas for captions for this unusual photo.

Impossible things are happening every day

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:23:00 +0000

Remember “Toi et Moi,” the pectacular music video from which the above image is grabbed? Well, the terrific twosome who brought you that indelible video and perhaps slightly more delible audio, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Igor Krutoi, have done it again. Their newest collaboration, “a once-in-a-lifetime musical event” called “Deja Vu” arrives at Radio [...]

Now just a simple little frock

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:04:48 +0000

Multiple-threat Isaac Mizrahi, like everyone else it seems, really wants to direct; and direct he shall for Opera Theater of St. Louis this summer, helming A Little Night Music. And designing the sets and costumes too. [Playbill]

Happy Birthday Renata Tebaldi

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:06:30 +0000

The “Voice of an Angel” was born February 1, 1922.

Have I stayed too long at the Regie?

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:24:32 +0000

Right you are if you think you are, cher public! Our most recent Regie quiz did indeed depict a new production of Wagner’s Rienzi, directed by Philipp Stölzl. (Photo credit: Bettina Stoess im Auftrag der Deutschen Oper Berlin) No handy dome-shaped landmarks in this next quiz, cher public, so La Cieca will leave you to it: [...]

Infectious diseuse

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:39:31 +0000

La Cieca hears that Olga Borodina still has whatever it was she had on Wednesday, and so will have to cancel tonight’s Met performance of Carmen as well. While we wait for Mme. Borodina’ recovery, let’s enjoy Madeline Kahn in an obscure Cole Porter ditty.

Cast the first chat

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:07:50 +0000

UPDATE: La Cieca hears that Sondra Radvanovsky is ill this afternoon, which presumably means Juliana DiGiacomo will sing Lina. Here, cher public, is your Saturday afternoon chat posting for Stiffelio. The performance begins at 1:00 PM. Find a radio station List of online stations Sirius satellite radio Vocal score Libretto The real-time chat is, as usual, over [...]

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