[Yuasa Ema, Nicola Leahey and Anna Quintains (Amour) in Rameau’s “Les Indes galantes” as staged by choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Munich/Staatsoper 2016.]
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Through Geschwitz’s Lorgnette: Cavalli cont’d
[‘Heteronormativity: you’re doing it wrong’, and some more elaborate thoughts on the performance of La Cappella Mediterranea’s Teatro dei Sensi, featuring Mariana Flores and Giuseppina Bridelli, Venice 2015 (in the Sala Superiore of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco – so it’s not quite a church, but it is a confraternity building and this hall has an altar (and Tintoretto works because Venice isn’t kidding around))]
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No, I’m not over this concert anytime soon. And I’ve been trying to pinpoint why.
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Through Geschwitz’s Lorgnette: “Giasone” from Geneva
[So, on a scale from one to ten, how straight does this image look to you, with 1 being narrow naysay, and 10 being unicorns galopping across a rainbow?
If you said 12, then we’re in for a lovely reading of Cavalli’s “Giasone”, with the subheaders #PerfectlyPoly and #KeepYourBinaryOutOfMyBaroque.
– Mariana Flores (Alinda) and Kristina Mkhitaryan (Isifile) in Cavalli’s “Giasone”, Geneva 2017]
Le Grand Théâtre de Genéve did not just put on that Petibon “Manon” this season, or Delphine Galou in a white suit in “Orfeo”, no, they went and had Serena Sinigaglia stage Cavalli’s “Giasone”, and if the director got one thing right, it is the relaxed pre-19th century approach to sensuality and sexuality as a nuanced hub of possibilities that can not be narrowed down to ideological boxes.
(this is not a review. this is just libretto queering in screencaps)
(all caps are tied in from Photobucket and will expand upon clicking. In case you need a closer look. For research.)
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The Twelve White Shirts of Christmas (8)
[Floored: Danielle DeNiese (Poppea) and Alice Coote (Nerone) in Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea”, Glyndebourne 2008]
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On the eighth Day of Christmas, the White Shirts sent to me:
One Hormonal Emperor
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The Twelve White Shirts of Christmas (7)
[Renate Müller (Viktoria) and uncredited extras in Reinhold Schünzel’s “Viktor und Viktoria”, 1933]
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On the seventh Day of Christmas, the White Shirt sent to me:
One Vintage Fangirl
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The Twelve White Shirts of Christmas (6)
[Oh, look – a chaise! Also, hot chocolate, and lots of white. Better put away that chocolate. – Sophie Koch (Octavian) and Renée Fleming (Marschallin) in Strauss’ “Rosenkavalier”, Baden-Baden 2009]
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On the sixth Day of Christmas, the White Shirts sent to me:
One Cup of Chocolate
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Queer Lorgnette 