Critics pan Salome; the audience boos; the Internets ogle
Today's Corriere della Sera (story not online, see photo below) reports that last night, la prima in Rome of Giorgio Albertazzi's superhawt staging of the Strauss opera (barenaked Francesca Patané is Salome, NSFW gallery is here) has not gone well: director Albertazzi -- a legend of Italian theatre and cinema, unforgettable in Last Year At Marienbad -- has been booed by the (not nearly as snarky as La Scala's) audience.
The audience and the critics have been kinder with Patanè's performance. And reporters guarantee that Maruska Albertazzi (the actress who plays Salome in a tacked-on, non-musical prologue), as promised was completely naked. And her crotch, as promised by the director and anticipated by Opera Chic, was completely hairless.
The question remains, though: Brazilian wax or simple razor? 
PS: Opera Chic promises her kind readers who are Salome fans, Patané fans, or just horny, that she'll post more hi-res pictures of Salome tomorrow. Today has just been very, very busy.
The review coming from Corriere della Sera the Milanese paper is not all that surprising....
And for what its worth, we will require a closer look to determine if we have a Brazilian wax job on Miss Albertazzi.... All in your good hands OC = P
Posted by:Crew Mantle | January 17, 2007 at 11:08 PM
What a wit you are! Thanks for the wonderful entries--- the selection of texts keyed to Renee's recital were super and this one, well, thoroughly delightful.
Posted by:Mark | January 19, 2007 at 01:08 AM