It’s Saturday afternoon, which of course means only one thing, the parterre chat, which today will be focused on Verdi’s Il trovatore, starring, in the demanding dual roles of Leonora and Conte di Luna, Joyce DiDonato. 

Okay, joke: DiDonato isn’t singing either of those parts today, or ever. Her next Met broadcast appearance won’t be until next week for Ariadne auf Naxos. However, she will be present in spirit during today’s chat, as the marvelous mezzo’s management has graciously agreed to award two “Diva/Divo” t-shirts, autographed by the artist, to a pair of random chatters this afternoon.

La Cieca will hold a virtual drawing from the list of online chatters at two random times during the broadcast time (approximately 1:00 – 3:45 pm) and each of these lucky chatterboxes will receive a shirt.

The chat takes place, as always in La Casa della Cieca.

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