angela_thumbThe Traviata chat will begin at 12:45 beginning in preparation for the 1:00 start time of tonight’s performance.

Listeners should note that this afternoon’s broadcast will include the following intermission features: during the first interval, Loren Toolajian will interview Angela Gheorghiu, James Valenti and Thomas Hampson.

During the second intermission, quiz contestants will include Fred Plotkin, Robert Marx and Cage Ames. The moderator will be Keith Miller, in whose honor the panel will perform a trio version of a song from The Creation: “With spandex clad the bass appears.”

The real-time chat, as always, is at La Casa della Cieca.

La Cieca

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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