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01/10/12--12:04: "How I taught Sherlock Holmes to play the violin" (chan 1741302)

From The Guardian, Benedict Cumberbatch's violin lessons: I was sitting outside in the sun at AIR Lyndhurst studios in London...


01/11/12--11:03: Quasthoff Retirement Announcement Aftermath (chan 1741302)

Opera Chic was saddened by the news that broke earlier today from Camp Quasthoff that announced the 52-year-old German bass-baritone's...


01/12/12--05:23: Music is My Bag, Literally (chan 1741302)

OC's bags of choice are Prada, Bottega Veneta and Celine, but these handmade felt bags are cool, too. Via Sea...


01/12/12--06:26: Opera Chic & Grazia.it: Daniel Harding, the Conductor in the Tom Ford Frac (chan 1741302)

We've been talking about his sartorial prowess for ages (since back when OC was writing for WMag's Editors' Blog) and...


01/12/12--13:09: Rogue Saint Bartoli on Salzburg Whitsun 2012 and La Scala for 2013-14 (chan 1741302)

Opera's patron saint of rogues, Cecilia Bartoli, remind us that rules don't really exist. The Italian mezzo is all about...


01/14/12--06:50: Verdi & Pavarotti Catwalk Concerto for Dolce & Gabbana Men's Fashion Week (chan 1741302)

So it's Men's Fashion Week in Milan, apparent by the insane dinner parties (Alberta Ferretti's last night at Giacomo Bistrot)...


01/15/12--08:11: Cello Soul, Tiger Feet: Johannes Moser's Onitsuka Tiger Asics (chan 1741302)

Like L.(ang) L.(ang) Cool J with his classic Adidas Gazelles, Johannes Moser rocks a pair of old school Onitsuka Tiger...


01/15/12--08:17: Jenny From the Block on NYCO on the Chopping Block (chan 1741302)

This whole New York City Opera demise thing is just so lame. So how about the perspective from a singer...


01/15/12--08:19: It's Hard Work Being Roberto Bolle (chan 1741302)

That's the title ("Essere Bolle e' un Lavoro Duro") in Corriere della Sera's Io Donna la Repubblica's D Magazine January...


01/15/12--09:17: Radio Rai 3 Live Streaming from La Scala's Les Contes La Prima (chan 1741302)

Get your Les contes c'est chic freak on. You can stream tonight's la prima of Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann...


01/15/12--19:06: Ish Opera Singers Say (chan 1741302)

In the spirit of recent youtube sensation, "ish white girls say to black girls", American mezzo soprano Jennifer Rivera (with...


01/16/12--03:49: Opera Chic and Corriere Della Sera's Style Magazine: Esa-Pekka Salonen is "Essentially Elegant" (chan 1741302)

Why do we rock the new new with Corriere della Sera's lux fashion supplement Style Magazine? It's got the Made-in-Italy...


01/18/12--17:38: Opera Chic & Grazia.it: Les contes d'Hoffmann at La Scala Reviewed (chan 1741302)

Orgies & deus ex machina -- it's Robert Carsen as we know and love him. Canada's l'enfant terrible reissued his...


01/20/12--09:22: Margaret Truman, 1953 Rigoletto (chan 1741302)

Daughter of Harry does her thang [via]


01/22/12--15:34: La Mer de Pianos (chan 1741302)

La Mer de Pianos from Films & Things on Vimeo.


01/23/12--13:29: Salonen Out, Harding & Letonja In for Four Filarmonica della Scala Concerts (chan 1741302)

Our biggest get well wishes to Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen at the news that the Finnish conductor has cancelled four Milan...


01/24/12--22:59: Tough Year Ahead for Teatro alla Scala (chan 1741302)

Colleen Barry at the AP reports from the press conference that Lissner MC'd at Teatro alla Scala yesterday morning, where...


01/25/12--14:09: Chinese Conductor Long Yu, Kung Fu Fighting (chan 1741302)

The day before his Tuesday evening concert to celebrate the Chinese New Year with Lang(x2) and the NYPhil, Shanghai-born conductor...


01/27/12--14:36: In Memory of Six Million: Italy's Classical Music Scene Bears Witness (chan 1741302)

Today marks the international Holocaust day of remembrance. Italy's opera houses and symphony orchestras to memorialize the man-made trauma by...


01/29/12--05:27: Sergei Polunin Speaks (chan 1741302)

Former Royal Ballet etoile Sergei Polunin spoke to the press about his sudden departure from the London ballet company last...