I totally missed Mario Batali in the party scene of La Traviata today at BAM/NYCO, but it did get me revisiting an old topic of mindless but fun conversation, aided and abetted (but initiated long before) recent English release The Opera Cooks. If Batali were an opera singer, he’d be Bryn Terfel.
And I’ve often described Renée Fleming as the Rachel Ray of the opera world.
Which leaves a whole host of other meta opera-cook combinations… (Click past the jump for a full roundup.)
Substance behind the superstardom (and superboobs)…Anna Netrebko and Giada de Laurentiis.
Joyce DiDonato and Cat Cora: classic American with a Mediterranean twist.
That’s America to Me: Thomas Hampson and Bobby Flay.
José Carreras and Jacques Pépin bringing the old school
Deborah Voigt and Michelle Bernstein: Unapologetically balls to the wall.
Two cerebral Brits in Kate Royal and April Bloomfield.
René Pape and Anthony Bourdain. I mean…
And for a real retro feel…
Eat your heart out Julie Powell.
And for a post-script, my favorite photo ever of Maria Callas.
LOVE this post. Personally, I think Poplavskya looks more like DiLaurentiis, and Wolfgang Puck is the spitting image of Carreras. If you scroll down, there’s a picture of Marina and Giada. http://operateen.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/a-new-faust/