By La Cieca 
The final day of the Buenos Aires Ring dawns in our latest sampling from the Mike Richter’s trove of CD-ROMs.
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Prologue and Act One
Teatro Colón, October 26, 1962
Brünnhilde: Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried: Hans Hopf
Hagen: Arnold van Mill
Gunther: Angel Mattielo
Waltraute: Ursula Boese
Gutrune: Gré Brouwenstijn
Erste Norne: Marga Hoeffgen
Zweite Norne: Isabel Casey
Dritte Norne: Gré Brouwenstijn
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
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.
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.
