La Cieca unfortunately has been offweb since just before the announcement was made that Giuseppe Filianoti would be jumping in to tonight’s Met Lucia.  (According to the Met’s press release, incidentally, “Mr. Villazón is still scheduled to sing Edgardo on February 7 matinee.”)

Anyway, as Providence would have it, La Cieca has one of her most trusted spies in the theater tonight and so tomorrow we shall hear all about it. As she types these uneasy words, your doyenne is listening to the cabaletta of the Wolf’s Crag duet, and in the few minutes she’s heard so far, it seems obvious that Filianoti is in better form than we have heard from Villazón in the earlier two performances.

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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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