After months of late hours and strange cuisine in timezone chasms, what better blessing for an opera singer than returning home? For American mezzo Nedda Casei, home was a blush-pink Midtown East seven-room penthouse with East River/Queensboro Bridge views -- until she listed it on the market .
After sitting for over three months without a serious buyer, Casei -- who sang at The Met Opera for 21 years -- has slashed the price of her 16 Sutton Place co-op by 500k USD, down to five million (and carries a $6,600.00 maintenance fee).
The 1966 hi-rise apartment is manned by a doorman and an elevator operator, and features stained glass, wood paneling and soundproofed rooms (natch), a close second to Anna Netrebko's mega-deluxe UWS enclave.