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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
always & 4evar. still haven't watched turks & caicos, tho. you?
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.
Toggle Commented Mar 23, 2014 on Everything's Coming Up Chenoweth at Opera Chic
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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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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(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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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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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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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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(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
The girls are going halfsies on the role. Susanna Battle Royale.
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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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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
Ahahaaaaa. Our favorite plagiarist.
Toggle Commented Feb 13, 2014 on On Bach, Polyphony and Nymphomania at Opera Chic
It's my American birthright :p
Toggle Commented Feb 13, 2014 on On Bach, Polyphony and Nymphomania at Opera Chic
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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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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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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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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