The Met officially announced today that the company will stage Anna Bolena for Anna Netrebko for the opening night of the 2011-2012 season (old news to you, cher public!) and, the following season, Ma… more →
parterre boxNeil Kurtzman wrote 1 day ago: Bart Sher’s new production of Offenbach’s masterpiece was broadcast today (December 19, … more →
luisfale wrote 1 month ago: I Capuleti e I Montecchi tells the famous story of Romeo and Juliet as it is known in Verona. It has … more →
fugitive ink wrote 3 months ago: Well, that all went quickly, didn’t it? Yesterday was the first day of the Michaelmas quarter … more →
cultureonthecheap wrote 5 months ago: Matthew Gurewitsch’s fantastic profile of mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca: “In Central Europ … more →
Neil Kurtzman wrote 10 months ago: The Met’s HD transmission (February 7, 2009) of Donizetti’s romantic melodrama Lucia Di … more →
lacieca wrote 1 year ago: The Met officially announced today that the company will stage Anna Bolena for Anna Netrebko for the … more →
Katia wrote 1 year ago: 好了,我承认其实一点也不八卦。。。甚至看上去挺无趣的,除了这个: “Anna Netrebko, who plays Violetta, coughs too, but she has to anyw … more →
lacieca wrote 1 year ago: Juan Diego Flórez will make his role debut as the Duke of Mantua in a new production of Rigoletto on … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Cher public, La Cieca meant to turn in early tonight, but she got one of those bees in her bonnet. T … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Controversial soprano Anna Netrebko has gone on record categorically denying recent rumors that she … more →
cultureonthecheap wrote 2 years ago: It seems a little sacrilege to suggest seeing any opera company besides the Wiener Staatsoper when … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Of course, cher public, you heard it about it here a few weeks ago, but La Cieca has just read a pre … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: As La Cieca whispered earlier this week, Rolando Villazón is going to cancel at least the fall porti … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Leave it to La Cieca to offer added value to even so glittering a performance as Act Two of I Capule … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Something new and interesting (La Cieca hopes) on Unnatural Acts of Opera: a 2004 concert performanc … 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: “In Leonard Bernstein’s clever one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti, the heroine describes a … 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 r … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: UPDATE: Gregory Kunde is now listed on the Met’s site for the prima of Puritani. La Cieca hear … more →