By La Cieca 
Well, if there’s a lesson to be learned from our most recent Regie quiz, cher public, it is this: trust your gut. Manou was on the right track but lost faith, which left cosmodimontevergine to win the laurel. The opera was indeed Adriana Lecouvreur, as seen at Oper Frankfurt in a production by Vincent Boussard with costumes by no less than Christian Lacroix! See the trailer for more luscious details, then peek after the jump for our next puzzle.
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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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
