Our Own Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin offers a program in tribute to the late maestro Claudio Abbado.

Gustav Mahler: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Berliner Philharmoniker
Philharmonie, Berlin
18 May 2011

Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
II. Der Einsame im Herbst
III. Von der Jugend
IV. Von der Schönheit
V. Der Trunkene im Frühling
VI. Der Abschied

(This was Maestro Abbado’s debut conducting “Das Lied von der Erde,” performed on the 100th anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler.)

Richard Strauss: VIER LETZTE LIEDER
Chicago Symphony Orchrestra
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
01 October 1981

Margaret Price, soprano

I. Frühling
II. September
III. Beim Schlafengehen
IV. Im Abendrot

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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