By La Cieca Extended clips of the La Scala Don Carlo as telecast on Sunday night — after the jump.
And here’s the full set of curtain calls. La Cieca of course has repeatedly said she does not approve of the insertion of children into curtain calls in an attempt to cow the audience into polite applause.
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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.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
