Those clips from Forza La Cieca posted a couple of weeks ago got her obsessing on Renata Tebaldi, surely one of the healthier obsessions! So La Cieca has launched a new web radio show, “A Tebaldi Festival,” over 10 hours of all-live prime Tebaldi. Featured are complete performances of La forza del destino (Florence, 1953), Fedora (Naples, 1961), La traviata (Naples, 1954), and La Wally (RAI, 1960) — plus brani scelti from Adriana Lecouvreur, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and La fanciulla del West. Also headlining the show: Mario del Monaco, Aldo Protti, Fedora Barbieri, Cesare Siepi, Renato Capecchi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Mario Sereni, Giacinto Prandelli, Anselmo Colzani, Ettore Bastianini, Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker, Dimitri Mitropouplos, Tullio Serafin, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, and Arturo Basile.

It’s all there for you at Il Gran Teatro della Cieca.

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James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.

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