subtitle: I Should Pay More Attention to My Site Stats
I have mentioned before how frequently I first find out about things by someone coming - inaccurately - to my site from a search request.
Yesterday, someone arrived via "Domingo cancels Met Cyrano", or some such, but I couldn't find anything to support this.
I should of course have consulted my blogroll, because La Cieca had already posted on this late on Tuesday night New York time.
There's a few comments there including
The buzz backstage at the Met tonight was that Plácido will be a no-show for the opening night of Cyrano - for sure.
The buzz extended his absence to the first half of the run, meaning he would only appear starting March 8th. I am skeptical about that, because I doubt he would miss the broadcast...
The broadcast is 4th February, and he's in a Samson broadcast on 25 February
Reportedly he was at the Dress Rehearsal on Monday.
His site is still listing tonight's performance, and that was updated yesterday to add in the New Orleans Benefit Gala.
The Met has changed details for tonight but still lists him for next Tuesday, although I personally wouldn't draw conclusions from that. They've also still got him down to conduct Rigoletto this coming Saturday (evening - the Matinee/broadcast is Cosi, Mozza, of course)
More if and when I discover it...
Update: The Associated Press says
Placido Domingo canceled his Thursday night performance in the opener of the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Alfano's "Cyrano de Bergerac" because of tracheitis.Domingo has been bothered by the windpipe inflammation since it caused him to cancel appearances in Wagner's "Parsifal" at the Los Angeles Opera on Dec. 14 and Dec. 17. The Met said he would be replaced Thursday by Antonio Barasorda, who was to sing opposite Sondra Radvanovsky's Roxane.
The 65-year-old tenor still hopes to sing at the performances on Jan. 31 and Feb. 4 and at the three performances in March. The production, with Domingo and Radvanovsky, is to travel to London's Royal Opera for six performances from May 8-27.
Domingo plans to conduct "Rigoletto" at the Met on Saturday.
