Marina/Esther – “Dare” pt. 21

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White Shirt Weekend: Ernman’s arms, Fiona Shaw’s legs

Got a spare hour this weekend? I suggest Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” in the Deborah Warner staging as seen at last year’s Wiener Festwochen. Arte aired the broadcast video this past Monday, which means that Arte+7 has the video on demand for free until Sunday night (some IP limits may unfortunately apply. Boo!).

Liège’s “Capuleti & Montecchi”: Bonus Material 3 – White Shirt Goodies

[Laura Polverelli (Romeo) and Patrizia Ciofi (Giulietta) in Bellini's "Capuleti e Montecchi", Liège, Feb 2nd 2010. - all caps shot from the Opera Live stream]

Liège’s “Capuleti & Montecchi”: Bonus Material 2 – Polverelli Interview

Laura Polverelli was unfortunately not allowed to show off her forearms under rolled up sleeves on stage, being forced to battle against a costume in Raphaelite red that may look great when you are a someone on a Raphaelite painting who gets great Raphaelite light and doesn’t have to move, and only then. But that didn’t really matter…

Liège’s “Capuleti & Montecchi”: Bonus Material 1 – Ciofi Interview

Last night’s live broadcast from Liège (check out the review over at Purity’s!) was so much fun that I decided to run a set of bonus posts of the CGSP/CGMP kind – for those of you who couldn’t join us and for those who could and would like to relive a few highlights.

Mezzo (and Soprano) Alert: the Capuleti & Montecchi Live Thread

[Photo Credit: BuecherWiki]

White Shirt (kind of) Monday

[Mezzo Laura Polverelli displaying forearms that would go very well with some rolled up shirt sleeves - screencap from Mozart, Mass in c minor; Munich/Mehta; clip thanks to bububasso]