Major career moment for Lady Glyndebourne
UncategorizedThe soprano Danielle DeNiese tweets:
INCREDIBLY PROUD to share with you a major career moment: I’m on the cover of the one and only @Tatlermagazine !!!
My first mainstream fashion magazine cover!!!
An amazing shoot which took place earlier this year at glorious @glyndebourne
where I will star as “The Merry Widow” (the ultimate rom com of opera) this summer!
Every diva’s dream?
Next story: Cotswold Wives?
Those curtains are divine!
The Real Housewives of the Opera World surely awaits! No scrape of the barrel is low enough, it seems.
Such appalling narcissism.
She’s an opera singer.
Before posting a comment on this item remember that envy is on of the seven deadlies. 😉
Most of the posters on SD have violated the majority of them. Dead on arrival.
I remember complimenting Ms. DeNiese about 25 years ago at the Met after a radio interview, which she sailed through with the ease of a seasoned performer. “Well, you know, I had my own talk show in LA when I was 14”.
Lack of confidence is not one of her weaknesses. (Nor lack of fabric…)
A bit like Meghan Markle, only she stayed in the UK.
One assumes that a better offer hasn’t so far come in…
I think her comment is troubling: if that is her idea of a major career moment, how seriously is she taking her day job?
On the other hand, there should be no objection to her actually doing the thing. Covers celebrate stars of interest, and every reinforcement in the secular world surely helps the cause of making opera and classical music more accessible to the people who seem to be afraid of it.
Mind you, at the risk of sounding a little elitist myself, judging by the other articles flogged on the cover of this rag, are these the sort of people we really want in the opera hall? 🙂
“Are these the sort of people we want in the opera hall”…….have a listen to yourself. Ugh.
If they buy tickets, absolutely!
“are these the sort of people we really want…”. And you think you MAY risk sounding elitist? I assume you own more than one tiara?
Why is she wearing a duvet?
Curtains for Danielle…
I thought the ultimate rom com was La Cenerentola.
Good to see SD got its Disc rolling again after a few days of inactivity, after the Andrew Davis news.
Why not? She’s not going to change the course of the lyric theatre, so let her have some fun, albeit ever so retro. At least she’s keeping some fabric shop in business.
Lighten up! She transformed Glyndebourne in 2006 in Guilio Cesare. And remember her Rosina in the Barber. She is a tremendous ambassador for Glyndebourne and opera in general for younger people.Personally I feel that Glyndebourne is better for a bit of glitz and glamour- it could feel like a crematorium waiting room without it. Glyndebourne regulars love her.
I love Danielle as al fresco Party Girl in “Les Indes Galantes” with William Christie, a role for which some people would say she is perfect. Then there’s that fantastic Poppea opposite Philippe Jaroussky.
Glyndebourne charge exorbitant prices how can they get away with it, plus it’s in middle of nowhere you need to shell out more money for hotel and uber.
It’s cheaper than Glastonbury, Taylor Swift and MOST West End musicals. A cheap, uninformed shot
Without being disrespectful, this is the sort of comment that perpetuates an elitist myth – in the way that the Dominic Raab mocked Angela Rayner for visiting Glyndebourne (with a £56 ticket). London to Lewes fare is £36.40 and Glyndebourne will pick you up and return you there for £10, so no uber or hotel needed. Bring a picnic to save on food and drink. Seats available for Giulio Cesare for £95 on 13/8, or Traviata for £28 on 30/10
They get away with it because they have wealthy private backers and are not dependent on Arts Council England or the like. For people who don’t live in the vicinity there’s an excellent streaming service.
How do you get Uber in the middle of “nowhere”?
Your blog is dangerously beginning to be like parterre.com with unhappy zealots airing opinions for sensationalism.
Your blog used to be one that opera could rely on for actual insider news but instead it is now becoming a cynical rag for haters. Who cares what Ms De Niese is wearing be it curtains or tablecloths. She is a great ambassador bringing a younger generation to opera and has done so for 30 years. She has seen critics of her singing, of her looks, come and go. She has endured sniping and griping and jealousy and haters and she is still standing.
Give her some kudos guys.
Au contrair, it’s Norman’s witty parting shots in his *tabloid* blogposts that keep people coming back, as well as diverse views in the comments. If you don’t like it, go read boring politically correct mainstream media Gramophone or Opera News.
Happy Friday!
Rather lightweight soprano …
Why can’t you let the woman enjoy this moment without the horrible comments? I think it’s great that a mainstream publication wants to highlight an opera singer. I think she looks absolutely gorgeous!
I’m not sure that “The Tatler” would see itself as a mainstream publication: it’s for a very well-heeled in-crowd, mostly drawn from the gentry or the nobility. If you can imagine “Vogue France” where all the models went to public school and Oxford, you’ll get the idea.
Years ago, when “The Tatler” was more demure, it was said that it was the only magazine in the world whose entire readership could see photographs of themselves in every issue.
And who wouldn’t want too have her photo in Tatler. All publicity is good one would think and would sell tickets and put bums on seats.
Used to work at Glyndebourne, Dani is really nice and friendly unlike a number of the ‘directors’ who don’t have a clue about opera and just make poor business decisions