melodramaticLa Cieca is delighted to inform the cher public (pictured) that Betsy has managed in the very nick of time to aggregate a list of listening (and chatting) possibilities for this afternoon.

11:00-2:00 LRT KLASIKA: Colonna’s GERUSALEMME DI CADUTA

1:00-3:00 BR KLASSIK: Reincken AUF FLUSSER BABYLON

1:00-5:30 ESPACE MUSIQUE: LA CENERENTOLA from Boulogne

1:00-5:00 RADIO 4 NETHERLANDS: LES VEPRES SICILIENNES

1:00-5:00 RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA: MAHAGONNY from Madrid

1:00-3:30 WFMT: SALOME from San Francisco

1:00-5:00 WFMT Network: GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST from San Francisco

1:30-4:30 BARTOK RADIO: Saint-Saens HENRY VIII

1:30-5:00 FRANCE MUSIQUE: OTELLO from Paris with Heppner and Harteros

1:30-4:00 NRK KLASSISK: TOSCA from Munich

1:30-4:00 RADIO OESTERREICH; D’Indy’s L’ETRANGER

1:00-5:00 CBC TWO: THE MERRY WIDOW from Chicago

1:00-4:00 DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR: Graun’s MONTEZUMA.

1:00-4:00 DR P2: LA BOHEME from Vienna

1:00-5:00 KBYU: CARMEN from Utah

1:00-5:00 NPR World of Opera: NORMA from Warsaw.

1:00-5:00 KUSF: IL TROVATORE from San Francisco.

1:00-6:00 RTP ANTENA 2: DIE WALKURE from Bayreuth.

1:00-5:00 VPR CLASSICAL: Verdi’s REQUIEM and TROVATORE

1:00-5:30 WETA: LA CALISTO

1:00-5:00 WOSU: MARIA STUARDA

1:00-5:00 WRTI: LA FILLE DU REGIMENT from San Francisco

1:30-5:30 BBC 3: LOHENGRIN from Bayreuth

1:30-4:30 LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA: MACBETTO from Vienna

1:30-4:00 NRK KLASSISK: TOSCA from Munich

2:00-5:00 LYRIC FM: Chabrier/Rossini double bill.

2:00-5:00 RADIO STEPHANSDOM: RUSALKA —

2:00-4:00 RADIO SLOVENIA: IOLANTA —

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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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