E d’ogni re maggior il Trubadur!
La Cieca and DeCaffarrelli unanimously hail Trubadur as winner of the “Ladies in the Dark” vocal ID competition.
By
La Cieca
UPDATE: A sleep-deprived La Cieca and DeCaffarrelli unanimously hail has reviewed the results once more and, in a revised ruling, declares a tie between Trubadur (pictured) and Giasone at 27 all as winners of the “Ladies in the Dark” vocal ID competition.
The complete list of singers is as follows:
- Maria Callas – Mexico 1950
- Julia Varady – Hamburg 1993
- Gina Cigna – Covent Garden 1939
- Aprile Millo – MET 1989
- Gré Brouwenstijn – Amsterdam 1953
- Antonietta Stella – MET 1960
- Anita Cerquetti – Mexico 1957
- Sylvia Sass – Hamburg 1977
- Angela Meade – Peralada 2012
- Astrid Varnay – New Orleans 1952
- Stella Roman & Jussi Bjoerling – MET 1947
- Jonas Kaufmann & Anna Netrebko – Berlin 2011
- Zinka Milanov – MET 1945
- Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic & Carlo Bergonzi — Vienna 1973
- Franco Bonisolli & Joan Sutherland – Covent Garden 1981
- Leontyne Price & Luciano Pavarotti – Vienna 1977
- Renata Scotto – Paris 1975
- Martina Arroyo – MET 1966
- Anna Tomowa-Sintow – Chicago 1987
- Teresa Zylis-Gara – Radio France 1983
- Carmen Giannattasio – MET 2012
- Marina Poplavskaya – Brussels 2012
- Krassimira Stoyanova — Barcelona 2009
- June Anderson — MET 1998
- Lucia Aliberti – Washington, DC 2000
The shared haul for this win includes a brand new 16GB iPod Touch and a gift certificate for downloads of 20 complete operas, all provided by our good friends at Opera Depot.
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.
-
Topics: competition, decaffarrelli, opera depot, quiz, winner
