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opera chic
Milan, Italy
I'm a young American woman living in Milan, and you're not. I go to La Scala a lot, and you don't.
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Fonda-ness for Beethoven
Even before she was a cool lady, she was a cool girl. Vintage Jane Fonda (with Peter McEnery) rocks a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Composers Doing Normal Sh*t
Gawds on the podium, giants on earth, here are composers doing normal sh*t, like Prokofiev playing chess (above). Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2014 at Opera Chic
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How do we Love Linds? Let us Count the 88 Ways
Everyone's favorite mean girl, Lindsay Lohan, slayed Letterman a week ago in a piano dress by London-based designer Ashish. Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Pereira in the Eye of the La Scala Storm
Even before he's to be officially sworn-in as La Scala's new intendant on October 1, Alexander Pereira's in hot water.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Krug Champagne Taps Salonen and The Philharmonia (Virtually)
Pause the anti-elitist classical music marketing campaigns for un viaggio a Reims (or in this case, a trip to Shoreditch).... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Great Scott! Last Chance to Win Edinburgh Interational Festival Tix via Sinfini Music
1.21 gigawhaaaat? Sinfini Music's raffling a two-night sponsorship (including festival tickets) during the Edinburgh International Festival, a three week celebration... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Sweatin' to the (Opera) Oldies: Sonia Rykiel for Harper's Bazaar
Sonia Rykiel, the grande dame of Left Bank fashion, laid out a typical day for Harper's Bazaar April. She loves... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2014 at Opera Chic
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always & 4evar. still haven't watched turks & caicos, tho. you?
Ready, Set, Cut! State Opera SA 2014 Posters
Mix master, cut faster. In a scissors dual between Edward Scissorhands (OG Johnny Depp above in all of his whippet thin, achingly young, pouting glory) and Australian artist Stuart McLachlan, we'd put our euros on the latter. (Don't tell Johnny.) The illustrator/paper styler scissor-handed fi...
Chenoweth's got that same good ol' southern charm as Dolly Parton, two petite, unsinkable peroxides with hearts of gold and vocal chords of glitter.
Everything's Coming Up Chenoweth
While gearing-up for a May 3rd Carnegie Hall concert, the singer-actress stopped by Conan recently for voice lessons. Watch the classically-trained soprano teach Conan how to go deep, low, and open up the voice with a Schicchi 'O mio babbino caro' (which comes out as 'O mia bambino cara')! Heat...
Everything's Coming Up Chenoweth
While gearing-up for a May 3rd Carnegie Hall concert, the singer-actress stopped by Conan recently for voice lessons. Watch the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Bocelli Weds Longtime Companion Veronica Berti
About an hour ago, Andrea Bocelli tripped the matrimonial light fantastic with his longtime girlfriend-slash-manager Veronica Berti. An intimate, religious... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Frenching with Flórez (and a Side of Gossett)
(Photo: Decca/Josef Gallauer) Bel canto bon-ton Juan Diego Flórez is about to roll-out his first album in four years. We're... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Requiem for an Opera House: San Diego Opera Shutters
The 49-year-old San Diego Opera will permanently curtain-down on April 13, following the final performance of Massenet’s Don Quichotte. Yesterday,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Ready, Set, Cut! State Opera SA 2014 Posters
Mix master, cut faster. In a scissors dual between Edward Scissorhands (OG Johnny Depp above in all of his whippet... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Lenny was a Beatotaler and Other Tall Tales
Ahem. Excuse me. Can I have the attention of the class for one second? Love is never having to say... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Fort Worth Opera Downsizes 2015 Playbill and Budget
(Credit) Like Lucchese cowboy boots and shotgun racks on Dodge Rams, what's Texas without the Fort Worth Opera? Its general... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2014 at Opera Chic
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The girls are going halfsies on the role. Susanna Battle Royale.
Hold onto your Binoculars: Met Opera's 2014-15 Season
Renée Fleming is Hanna and Nathan Gunn is Danilo in Lehár's The Merry Widow. Credit: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera Live from New York, it's™ -- The Metropolitan Opera's 2014-15 season, announced yesterday. Sumptuous promo shots tease twenty-six operas, which includes three house premie...
Hold onto your Binoculars: Met Opera's 2014-15 Season
Renée Fleming is Hanna and Nathan Gunn is Danilo in Lehár's The Merry Widow. Credit: Brigitte Lacombe/Metropolitan Opera Live from... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Danni & Donna BFFs4E&E
From the front of the stage to front of the runway, Danielle de Niese (far right) was among the luminous... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Ahahaaaaa. Our favorite plagiarist.
On Bach, Polyphony and Nymphomania
Warning: NSFW In case you didn't know, Lars von Trier really likes sex. Last night, the Dutch tasty Danish filmmaker's latest film, Nymphomaniac, bowed at the Berlin Film Festival, and guess what it's about? In a jokey t-shirt that read 'Persona Non Grata' over a Cannes Film Festival logo (ref...
It's my American birthright :p
On Bach, Polyphony and Nymphomania
Warning: NSFW In case you didn't know, Lars von Trier really likes sex. Last night, the Dutch tasty Danish filmmaker's latest film, Nymphomaniac, bowed at the Berlin Film Festival, and guess what it's about? In a jokey t-shirt that read 'Persona Non Grata' over a Cannes Film Festival logo (ref...
On Bach, Polyphony and Nymphomania
Warning: NSFW In case you didn't know, Lars von Trier really likes sex. Last night, the Dutch tasty Danish filmmaker's... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Baz Luhrmann on La Bohème: "Live the Work"
The Australian filmmaker behind Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby gives insight to the creative process behind his epic 2002... Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Retired Mezzo's NYC 'Villa in the Sky' Price Slash
After months of late hours and strange cuisine in timezone chasms, what better blessing for an opera singer than returning... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2014 at Opera Chic
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Brokeback Mountains & (Web) Streams
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam. Now close your eyes and just pretend that buffalo roam in... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2014 at Opera Chic
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