Who’s that woman?

You have voted, cher public, a total of 2,265 times, and you’ve decided!

By La Cieca

September 23, 2013

You have voted, cher public—a total of 2,265 times, in fact!—and you’ve decided: the hot tickets this fall are the Met’s revival of Die Frau Ohne Schatten (with 271 votes) and Collegiate Chorale’s concert version of Mefistofele (with 440 votes).

Complete results follow the jump.
“At the Metropolitan Opera”

Die Frau ohne Schatten	271
Eugene Onegin	243
Norma	180
The Nose	151
Falstaff	144
Two Boys	125
A Midsummer Night’s Dream	94
Der Rosenkavalier	83
Così fan tutte	78
Tosca	49
Die Fledermaus	40
Rigoletto	14
The Magic Flute	9

“Elsewhere in the Concrete Jungle”

Mefistofele (Collegiate Chorale)	440
Anna Nicole (BAM/NYCO)	143
Baden Baden 1927 (Gotham Chamber Opera)	56
The Ring Cycle (Salzburg Marionette Theater)	40
The Return of Ulysses (Opera Omnia)	36
Era la notte (White Light Festival)	27
The Pirates of Penzance (NYGASP)	13
Das Labyrinth (Amore Opera)	11
Other*	11
War Sum Up (Next Wave Festival)	5
Premieres (Pocket Opera Players)	2

* Rusalka – CHICAGO not NY, Ballymore/Pizza (Chelsea Opera), JDD with Levine/Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Rusalka!!, Luisa Miller – Dell’Arte Opera, Cendrillon Juilliard, Sakuntula, Juilliard Radamisto, Wozzeck @ Carnegie Hall, Platée (Rameau) Les Arts Florissants, Nothing.

Photo: Marty Sohl.

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.