Perhaps to whet the appetite for the Met’s opening night just one week from now, Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin presents a gala performance of Le nozze di Figaro (with a cast headed by Teresa Stratas) from the Paris Opera.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Opéra national de Paris
Gary Bertini, conductor
Palais Garnier
10 March 1976

Figaro – José van Dam
Susanna – Teresa Stratas
Il conte – Gabriel Bacquier
La contessa – Margaret Price
Cherubino – Teresa Berganza
Il dottore Bartolo – Kurt Moll
Marcellina – Jane Barbié
Don Basilio – Michel Sénéchal
Barbarina – Régina Markeineke
Antonio – Carl Schultz
Don Curzio – Jacques Loreau

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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