La Dessay rehearses the “bathtub scene” from Manon. Sorry, folks, the video is no longer available for embedding at the request of the uploader, Parsifal1979. You can view it, however, on … more →
parterre boxasylumharbour wrote 2 weeks ago: … more →
C/B wrote 3 months ago: The sun is shining and spring has arrived for many in the Northern Hemisphere. A Strauss waltz and … more →
Neil Kurtzman wrote 1 year ago: I know I said I’d used up my life’s allotment of performances of Donizetti’s bonb … more →
lacieca wrote 1 year ago: A full account of “A Tribute to Beverly Sills” may be found at PlaybillArts though, curi … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: La Cieca hears that Natalie Dessay has walked out of the current Liceu production of Manon, leaving … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Now that we all know what’s what for the Met’s 2007-2008 season, surely it’s time … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: La Cieca thought that now that Puritani has opened at the Met, it’s as good a time as any to … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: New York fans of puppylicious tenor Juan Diego Flórez will be happy to hear that he will be a fixtur … more →
lacieca wrote 3 years ago: 11:40: Then Rene Pape matched Hvorostovsky, then Zajick matched (topped?) them both, then who the he … more →
lacieca wrote 3 years ago: La Cieca has just learned the scheduled roster and repertoire for the Volpe Farewell Gala to be perf … more →
lacieca wrote 3 years ago: That Eveready Rabbit of a diva, Montserrat Caballe, is going to camp it up once more at the Vienna S … more →
lacieca wrote 3 years ago: La Cieca, ear to ground as always, has picked up some reliable-sounding scuttlebutt about the incomi … more →