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Scarpia, Mephistopheles and Dr. Bartolo

cultureonthecheap wrote 28 minutes ago: Thanks to La Cieca for serving up this dish of “tween Rufus playing Scarpia” (plus a tea … more →

Tags: Multimedia, opsters, La Cieca, opsters, Parterre, prima donna, Rufus Wainwright, Sundance Channel

Castrati Hottie

cultureonthecheap wrote 1 month ago: As the Opster Project moves closer towards the age of the castrati, it’s all-too-appropriate t … more →

Tags: opera project, opsters, Bartoli-, castrati, Cecilia Bartoli, Le Poisson Rouge, opsters, Sacrificium, the opster project

Perfidious Poppea1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 2 months ago: After Danielle de Niese’s recent (Le) Poisson Rouge concert, I decided to let one Angeleno mee … more →

Tags: opera project, Danielle de Niese, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Le Poisson Rouge, monteverdi, Mozart

Time Out1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 2 months ago: I have a stack of papers on my (brand-ish new CB2) desk full of notes from the recordings I’ve … more →

Tags: opsters, Danielle de Niese, le nozze di figaro, Le Poisson Rouge, met, Metropolitan Opera, Parterre, Time Out New York, Tosca

It's a Venetian Opera Threesome. And I'm Kissing and Telling.1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: I was hoping to mark Bastille Day with the first French opera; but I’ve been running behind on … more →

Tags: Grab bag, opera project, Achilles, Bastille Day, bellini's, brasto di maiale nero, Cannoli, Cavalli, chicken milanese

About Last Night

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: Consider it a recession one-two punch: Famous for touring the five boroughs each summer, the Metropo … more →

Tags: The Great Recession, Metropolitan Opera, met, central park, Time Out New York, The Volume, alek shrader, Paulo Szot, Lisette Oropesa

Le Quatorze Juillet

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: … more →

Tags: Multimedia, roberto alagna, Bastille Day, Alagna, le quatorze juilliet, France

Tuesday in the Park With Ludwig (and Wolfie)1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been playing catch-up over the past week, and in the midst of plowing through the 17th ce … more →

Tags: Music, audience participation, opsters, Metropolitan Opera, opsters, met, Mozart, New York Philharmonic, Time Out New York

20 Years Ago

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: The Berlin Wall fell, Communist in the rest of Eastern Europe started to crumble, and a young Russia … more →

Tags: Multimedia, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, love it madly, Berlin Wall, communism, 1989, Don Carlo

Wayward Son

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: We have a casualty in the Opster Project!  And an important one at that.  Cavalli’s Giasone, o … more →

Tags: Culture and Communications, opera project, Mozart, medea, Alex Ross, Don Giovanni, Fail, new grove dictionary of opera, william christie

"Pride" and Prejudice

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: Moe and Curly: Hikari Mitsushima and Stephanie in Pride Thanks to end-of-the-month deadlines, I mana … more →

Tags: audience participation, Multimedia, opsters, Mozart, prima donna, Gay Pride, Pride, manga, Japan

Ach, Ach

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: The German newswires are reporting that choreography genius Pina Bausch has died at 68.  Days earlie … more →

Tags: Multimedia, Opera, Orphée et Eurydice, obit, Orpheus and Eurydice, Ballet, Dance, Pina Bausch, TOT

Pride

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: Close-up… … more →

Tags: Adrant, opsters, opsters, Mozart, Gay Pride, Pride, The Magic Flute, Oxydo, Out of the Closet

But Don't Take My Word for It2 comments

cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: My Time Out New York debut (with a tantalizing glory shot of a stack of belgian waffles…be sti … more →

Tags: opsters, belgian waffles, Missy Mazzoli, opsters, the pro in promotion, the stone, Time Out New York, victoire

This Diva Looks Like That Diva1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: How did La Cieca miss this opportunity? … more →

Tags: Metropolitan Opera, Renee Fleming, this diva looks like that diva, Mary Kate, Doppelganger, Blondes, Thais

Why I Read Opera Chic

cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: I mean, really…Love it.  Madly. … more →

Tags: opsters, roberto alagna, Opera Chic, electric guitar, I mean really, love it madly, amazing!

St. John(s) the Divine

cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: Last night, I saw my former playwriting professor (from Fordham) perform his one-man show.  A cross- … more →

Tags: audience participation, opsters, opsters, YouTube, Bach, J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto, Youthquake, Neo-Classical

Sing to Me of Man1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: I fell asleep during Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria last night; not because … more →

Tags: Multimedia, Music, opera project, Metropolitan Opera, ring cycle, met, Greek Drama, monteverdi, Les Arts Florissants

L'Opster de Ma Tante...2 comments

cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: So Tuesday, perennial opster Rufus Wainwright previewed/premiered an air from his opera, Prima Donna … more →

Tags: Music, Multimedia, opsters, opsters, YouTube, Rufus Wainwright, Bang On A Can, prima donna, Manchester International Festival


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