Among the very many cool things related to our spending the Summer back home in the US -- family & friends, Starbucks, Montauk, 24 hr. everything -- there's a big minus: Opera Chic will not be able to attend the insanely awesomeness of the Rossini Opera Festival, that begins tomorrow night in Pesaro (the program).
Among the gems, two new productions -- "Ermione" (conducted by Roberto Abbado and directed by Daniele Abbado) and "Maometto II" -- and then "L'Equivoco stravagante", a recital by el mejor tenor ligero de la historia, Juan Diego Florez, then Carmela Remigio, Lawrence Brownlee and Opera Chic's dear Ciofolina, aka Patrizia Ciofi; "Il viaggio a Reims" with the cool kids from Accademia Rossiniana.
With a only a tiny fraction of Salzburg's budget, and its PR pull.
