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Book club
La Cieca hears that the opening night of La Scala’s 2013 season will feature a new production of La traviata starring Diana Damrau and Piotr Beczala, directed by… no, not Franco Zeffirelli, but Dmitri...
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Blonde, bombshell
So we may all be on the same page as we discuss, following the jump is the video of the December 7 Traviata from La Scala.
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Something beyond the normal
The celebrated “lost” issue of parterre box, the queer opera zine (now found, thanks to the avid cataloging of Indiana Loiterer III) features a blow-by-blow account of La Cieca and Dawn Fatale‘s...
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Stairway to heaven
Once again, beloveds, we approach the Milanese shrine that simultaneously attempted to cultivate and destroy the career of Maria Meneghini Callas. This great—nay, some say greatest—oracle of opera...
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Wrong by wrong
The board of La Scala voted today to oust incoming general director Alexander Pereira at the end of his first season amid allegations of a conflict of interest. [AP]
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The incomplete idiot
Intendant Alexander Pereira halts the merry-go-round briefly to discuss Salzburg and La Scala with Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times.
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Giovanna in the dark
From La Scala, starting at 11:00 AM ET Monday, a “Backstage Live” view of the opening night performance of Giovanna d’Arco, conducted by Riccardo Chailly and starring Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli and...
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The hole truth
Finally the reason for all that screaming at La Scala begins to emerge. It appears that maestro Riccardo Chailly (right) insisted directors Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier (not pictured) expunge some...
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Se il destassi… no, peloso!
“The one glitch was a much-publicised fiasco in the bear-pit of Milan’s La Scala, where in 1998 she was booed after her performance in Donzietti’s Lucrezia Borgia. ‘It was tough, especially as I was...
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Start the revolution with me
La Scala’s 2017-2018 season will open with a new production of Andrea Chenier starring Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHjOZLLuelw [Operawire]
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Conspicuous consumption
On Thursday evening, the Teatro alla Scala audience didn’t watch the familiar presentation of a “wayward woman” who overcomes moral inferiority only to be robbed of happiness when she finally deserved...
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Down in the depths
If opera as a genre in justified in its claim to one particular story, history confirms that the Orpheus myth would be that story. What’s more intrinsically operatic than a musician’s audio-visual...
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Dishonored in the breach
As much as we like to believe it does, opera doesn’t always “work,” and if you go in to an opera dead-set on pointing that out, then you’re 1) a problem and 2) misusing your free time – nap at home...
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Dancer in the dark
One of the highlights of my college experience thus far was trying my hand at stage directing for the first time with Hugo von Hofmannstahl’s Electra in February. As I worked through the busy,...
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Alzare le spalle
“Non mi dispiace” seemed to be the general consensus in the loggione December 7 when Verdi’s Attila came roaring into La Scala to open the 2018-19 season. But this oft-repeated tale of the Hun’s...
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Whenever you cough
Ardent Angel Blue will jump into performances vacated by the collapsible Sonya Yoncheva, singing Violetta at La Scala March 12-17. (Photo: ROH | Catherine Ashmore)
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Touch me in the mourning
“How far should we give way to grief? How far dare we, without disaster?” Such heavy, contemplative words were uttered wisely by the main character of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s youthful Die tote Stadt....
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Broadcast: I Masnadieri
The opening night of a new production of Verdi’s opera (plus Lisette Oropesa‘s La Scala debut!) will be broadcast live starting at 2:00 PM.
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A riveder le stelle
Streaming and discussion begin at 11:00 AM. A riveder le stelle: the programme 1. F. Cilea – “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur – Recording 2. Inno di Mameli 3. G. Verdi – Prelude from...
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Salome
Live from La Scala with Elena Stikhina, Wolfgang Koch, Gerhard Siegel and Linda Watson. Zubin Mehta Riccardo Chailly conducts.
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Maddalena scene
I have a friend who travels for business and is what I would call a Level 2 opera fan. He enjoys attending performances and checks in on the radio broadcasts, knows his singers, but not a serious...
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Macbeth
Riccardo Chailly conducts a new production of Verdi’s tragedy featuring Luca Salsi, Anna Netrebko, Ildar Abdrazakov and Francesco Meli.
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I will remember you
Until such time has passed we can only make predictions. But when these predictions are shared among a decent number of aficionados we might be in the right direction towards preserving what we thought...
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Between two mirrors
Situating myself between two mirrors in the Ridotto Toscanini, I felt the familiar surprise of completely losing my own sense of self as I angled my phone to capture the infinity of reflections of the...
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I vespri siciliani
This new production of Verdi’s grand opera will star Piero Pretti, Marina Rebeka, Luca Micheletti and Simon Lim.
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L’amore dei tre re
Pinchas Steinberg conducts Evgeny Stavinsky, Roman Burdenko, Giorgio Berrugi, Giorgio Misseri, Andrea Tanzillo, and Chiara Isotton in Italo Montemezzi‘s fairytale opera live from Milan.
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Don Carlo
Riccardo Chailly conducts Michele Pertusi, Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Elina Garanca and Jongmin Park in a live Sant’Ambrogio opening night broadcast from Milan
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Médée
Michele Gamba conducts the opening night of Cherubini‘s opera live from Milan with Marina Rebeka, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Nahuel di Pierro, Martina Russomanno, and Ambrosine Bré
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Simon Boccanegra
Lorenzo Viotti conducts a live opening night broadcast from Milan with Luca Salsi, Ain Anger, Roberto De Candia, Andrea Pellegrini, Eleonora Buratto and Charles Castronovo
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Turandot
Michele Gamba conducts a performance of Davide Livermore‘s new production featuring Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Rosa Feola, and Vitalij Kowaljow live from La Scala The post Turandot appeared first on...
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