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At long last, cher public, a finale to our Senta’s Ballad quiz, nearly a month late! The name of the winner and the complete lists of sopranos after the jump.
Here’s a reminder of the original quiz, followed by a list of the divas represented.
Leonie Rysanek
Mara Zampieri
Jane Eaglen
Lisbeth Balslev
Ingrid Bjoner
Régine Crespin
Astrid Varnay
Angeles Gulin
Virginia Zeani
Cheryl Studer
Edda Moser
Anja Silja
Kirsten Flagstad
Dunja Vejzovic
Gwyneth Jones
Christopher Corwin
Christopher Corwin began writing for parterre box in 2011 under the pen name “DeCaffarrelli.” His work has also appeared in , The New York Times, Musical America, The Observer, San Francisco Classical Voice and BAMNotes. Like many, he came to opera via the Saturday Met Opera broadcasts which he began listening to at age 11. His particular enthusiasm is 17th and 18th century opera. Since 2015 he has curated the weekly podcast Trove Thursday on parterre box presenting live recordings.
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.