Scoring the Fire and Music contest was tricky, cher public, as the selections were both quite brief and relatively obscure. La Cieca has had occasion to speak quite firmly to DeCaffarrelli about the difficulty of this quiz, and naturally she was told to mind her own business. So, on to said business, which is naming the winner of the coveted Amazon.com Gift Card. 

With 12 correct answers and the earliest timestamp of the several participants who achieved this dozen mark, the winner is spiderman, to whom congratulations.  The complete and correct list of Elettras is as follows:

  1. Birgit Nilsson
  2. Anna Caterina Antonacci
  3. Anja Harteros
  4. Annette Dasch
  5. Mariella Devia
  6. Carol Vaness
  7. Elisabeth Grummer
  8. Luba Orgonasova
  9. Linda Esther Gray
  10. Edda Moser
  11. Leyla Gencer
  12. Edita Gruberova
  13. Ingeborg Hallstein
  14. Angeles Blancas Gulin
  15. Josephine Barstow
  16. Anna Netrebko

 

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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