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As if Juan Diego Florez in a Seinfeldian puffy shirt were not festive enough, Vesselina Kasarova and Michele Pertusi also star in L’italiana in Algeri.
As if Juan Diego Flórez in a Seinfeldian puffy shirt were not festive enough, Vesselina Kasarova and Michele Pertusi also star in L’italiana in Algeri, this week’s offering from Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin.
Gioachino Rossini: L’italiana in Algeri
Teatro alla Scala
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
08 March 2003
Isabella – Vesselina Kasarova
Lindoro – Juan Diego Flórez
Mustafà – Michele Pertusi
Taddeo – Alfonso Antoniozzi
Elvira – Carla Di Censo
Zulma – Larissa Schmidt
Haly – Giorgio Caoduro
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.
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.
As if Juan Diego Flórez in a Seinfeldian puffy shirt were not festive enough, Vesselina Kasarova and Michele Pertusi also star in L’italiana in Algeri, this week’s offering from Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin. 
