Our Own Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin (not pictured) gets all giddy and girlish as she salutes the opening of the 103rd Bayreuth Festival this week.

Bayreuth Follies

Members of the Bayreuther Festspielorchester
Tennessee Bassoon Quartet
Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

01 – Gabriel Fauré/André Messager: Souvenirs de Bayreuth
02 – Arthur Kulling: Assoziationen eines Geigers beim Wotan-Monolog
03 – Arthur Kulling: Siegfried-Walzer
04 – Antonin Dvorák: Larghetto from Terzetto Nr. 2 for Violins and Viola
05 – Emmanuel Chabrier: Souvenirs de Muniche
06 – Vittorio Monti: Csárdás
07 – Arthur Kulling: Dämmer-Polka
08 – Arthur Kulling: Ring-Marsch
09 – Arthur Kulling: Eine kleine bayreuther Nachtmusik
10 – Arthur Kulling: Quadrille on Motivs from “Der fliegende Holländer”
11 – Peter Schickele: Last Tango in Bayreuth
12 – Paul Hindemith: Overture to “Der fliegende Holländer” as Played at Sight by a Second-Rate Spa Orchestra at the Village Well at 7 O’Clock in the Morning

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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