Happy Thanksgiving U.S. Parterrians (not pictured)!  

Born on this day in 1916 tenor Gerhard Unger
Happy 88th birthday soprano Hildegard Hillebrecht
Note: Due to an oversight on the part of your scatterbrained editrix, yesterday’s installment of this series for some subtle technologial reason failed to be published. Apparently one is supposed to click on the “publish” button at some point in process, which is hardly intuitive, is it? Anyway, with apologies to our dear W. C., here are the November 24 honorees:

Born on this day in 1824 librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni

Born on this day in 1895 soprano Adelaide Saraceni
Born on this day in 1896 composer Virgil Thomson
Born on this day in 1901 soprano Adele Kern
Happy 75th birthday conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire
Happy 70th birthday baritone Hakan Hagegard
Happy 65th birthday soprano Yvonne Kenny

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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