Word: pavarotti
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...Joyce Maynard have all been there. Gwyneth Paltrow is mulling a visit, as are Christie Brinkley and hubby Peter Cook. From the Beltway, Hillary Clinton and Liddy Dole have pressed the flesh. And no less an assemblage than Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Boyz II Men and Luciano Pavarotti is signed to do a benefit for the Kosovar kids in Munich in June. Do we hear "We Are the Balkans...
...Gorillagrams come standard with a guy in a gorilla suit who not only sings and dances but bears balloons, candy and champagne. The classic chickengram is another option. Broadway Babies’ animal line generally runs $105-130. Also available: singing celebrity impersonators. Choose between Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Pavarotti. These high-end telegrams cost about $200, plus tip. All this assumes, of course, that the gorilla guy can make his housecall sans keycard...
...Pavarotti, 63, celebrated the 30th anniversary of his Met debut last month with a gala performance that showed him to be physically unsteady (he underwent hip- and knee-replacement surgery earlier this year) and vocally worn. As for Domingo, 57, who celebrated his 30th year at the Met in September, his exit strategy has never been a secret: he is gradually kicking himself upstairs. Already in charge of the Washington Opera, he will also be taking over as artistic director and co-manager of the L.A. Opera...
...first two tenors, but so far they have had about as much luck as Joan Rivers had in giving Johnny Carson the push. Roberto Alagna, 34, was heavily promoted by EMI as "the tenor of our generation" (a not so subtle dig at the advanced ages of Pavarotti and Domingo), but he had a rocky Met debut three seasons ago and is looking increasingly like an also-ran. Andrea Bocelli, 40, the hugely popular blind Italian tenor, is unlikely to parlay the success of his best-selling CDs into a serious stage career; aside from the practical problems caused...
...possible, of course, that the next really big male opera singer may not be a tenor. Ask Joseph Volpe, the Met's general manager, what he is planning to do when Pavarotti and Domingo are no longer available to open the season, and the first name he mentions is that of Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. "At some point," he confides, "we're going to open with a Don Giovanni starring Bryn." No, Terfel can't sing a high C, but Volpe is betting that won't matter. "Bryn's the one who has all of the goods," he says...