Thanks to Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin, here are a pair of short Puccini operas, Le villi and Suor Angelica.

Giacomo Puccini: Le villi
Wiener Staatsoper
Simone Young, conductor
23 October 2005

Anna – Krassimira Stoyanova
Roberto – José Cura
Guglielmo Wulf – Franz Grundheber

Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica
Opéra national de Paris
Philippe Jordan, conductor
Opéra Bastille, Paris
16 October 2010

Suor Angelica – Tamar Iveri
La zia principessa – Luciana D’Intino
La badessa – Barbara Morihien
La suor zelatrice – Louise Callinan
La maestra delle novize – Marie-Therese Keller
Suor Genovieffa – Amel Brahim-Djelloul
Suor Osmina – Claudia Galli
Suor Dolcina – Olivia Doray
La suora infirmiera – Cornelia Oncioiu
Prima cercatrice – Zoe Nicolaidou
Seconda cercatrice – Carol Garcia
La novizia – Chenxing Yuan
Prima conversa – Anne-Sophie Ducret
Seconda conversa – Marina Haller

(La Cieca offers her apologies that, due to technical problems, this week’s installment of Marianne was delayed.)

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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