bo_don_gThose of you escaping the summer heat this afternoon may want to gather ’round for a performance of Don Giovanni (featuring recent convert to the shaved-noggin lifestyle Bo Skovhus) live from the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, beginning at 3:30 New York time.

Don Gionanni: Bo Skovhus
Leporello: Kyle Ketelsen
Masetto: David Bizic
Don Ottavio: Colin Balzer
Donna Anna: Marlis Petersen
Donna Elvira: Kristine Opolais
Zerlina: Kerstin Avemo
Commendatore: Anatoli Kotscherga

Chœur, English Voices
Chef de chœur, Tim Brown
Orchestre Freiburger Barockorchester

Direction musicale, Louis Langrée
Mise en scène, scénographie, Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costumes, Dmitri Tcherniakov et Elena Zaytseva
Lumières, Gleb Filshtinsky

La Casa della Cieca will welcome any realtime chatters among you!

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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