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Gone in 60 Seconds
“Why can’t a general director with the fame, charm and ability of Domingo roll up his sleeves and work to realize his vision, rather than distancing himself from the results? The answer: because he...
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Journalists ruin everything again
Linda Watson and John Treleaven have issued a joint not-apology, blaming “selective and biased representation of these interviews” for giving the impression that anything was less than stellar at the...
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Plain speaking
Martin Bernheimer, who was wise long before most of the rest of us were on solid food, writes what is likely to be remembered as the definitive essay on the Donald Rosenberg/Plain Dealer situation.
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You, Midgette
Adroit, awesome, autononomous Anne Midgette nominates her Top 10 Classical and Opera Releases of 2010 over at Soundcheck, and, La Cieca thinks to herself, why should Anne have all the fun? What are...
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Lady for one day
“But the part [Anna Netrebko] seems most excited about is Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s treatment of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. ‘It is coming, but not that soon,’ she said. ‘As a soprano who sings Lucia di...
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Tuesdays with Mary
Miss Garden smiled. “You probably have never seen a thin Violetta,” she exclaimed. “You’ll find that that will make a difference.” Inaugurating a new feature on parterre, dedicated to the wit and...
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Internet won
La Cieca figures she might as well retire from editing, and for that matter, Manuel Brug can put down his critic’s pen, because the above is, bar none, the greatest headline ever written.
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Lulu’s back in town
Continuing coverage of the Met’s new Alban Berg spectacular includes Our Own JJ‘s extended review, now online at the Observer website, and a critique by Ivan Martinson (aka Hans Lick) in GBOPERA....
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Meine Klangkunst, sie küssen so heiß! Meine Kleider sind schmiegsam und weiß!
Now this I call arts journalism: “Mit brausendem Beifall und Bravorufen gefeiert, präsentiert sich eine strahlende, braun gebrannte Anna Netrebko in spektakulären Roben und wirft immer wieder Kusshände...
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The train arrives in Boston at 5:00 PM the next day
So La Cieca figures if the New York Times can do seven pieces about Exterminating Angel in the past week, we should jump on the bandwagon as well. Above, a helpful prefix to an orchestral part for the...
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“Naturally this leaves me all fardayget and farblondzhet…”
“Jennifer Black, who sings the role of Adal Gisa says, ‘It’s about a Jewish Priestess, who has 2 secret children with a Roman Soldier, which already creates conflict. Then this Roman Soldier sees me,...
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Journalist experiences epiphany
“[T]he interview-killing question wasn’t even a tough one. It was a softball query about how it feels to have her career still going strong as she approaches 70. . . . Apparently, age is a touchy...
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All the feels
“And as I thought about it, I couldn’t help wondering: when did Alex Ross become Carrie Bradshaw?” [New Yorker]
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