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Scarpia, Mephistopheles and Dr. Bartolo
Thanks to La Cieca for serving up this dish of “tween Rufus playing Scarpia” (plus a teaser for the making-of doc of Prima Donna which aired on Sundance Channel 12/21 at 9pm ET/PT and 12/2… more →
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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 →
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 →
Perfidious Poppea
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cultureonthecheap wrote 2 months ago: After Danielle de Niese’s recent (Le) Poisson Rouge concert, I decided to let one Angeleno mee … more →
Time Out
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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 →
It's a Venetian Opera Threesome. And I'm Kissing and Telling.
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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 →
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 →
Le Quatorze Juillet
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Tuesday in the Park With Ludwig (and Wolfie)
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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 →
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 →
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 →
"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 →
Ach, Ach
cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: The German newswires are reporting that choreography genius Pina Bausch has died at 68. Days earlie … more →
Pride
cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: Close-up… … more →
But Don't Take My Word for It
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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 →
This Diva Looks Like That Diva
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cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: How did La Cieca miss this opportunity? … more →
Why I Read Opera Chic
cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: I mean, really…Love it. Madly. … more →
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 →
Sing to Me of Man
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cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: I fell asleep during Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria last night; not because … more →
L'Opster de Ma Tante...
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cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: So Tuesday, perennial opster Rufus Wainwright previewed/premiered an air from his opera, Prima Donna … more →
