Now that Diana Damrau has withdrawn from Les Huguenots at the Opéra de Paris (and congratulations to Lisette Oropesa, who is jumping in to make her role debut as Queen Marguerite!), La Cieca is almost certain that Damrau will not appear at the Met this fall for the scheduled new production of La traviata. After the jump, a prediction of how this snafu may be resolved. 

La Cieca predicts:

Damrau will cancel the Met Traviata.

Pretty Yende will be pulled from the revival of Les Pêcheurs de Perles and will sing her first Violetta in the Met’s new production.

Nadine Sierra will sing Leïla (all but the final performance of the run, when she is scheduled to perform a concert with Andrea Bocelli).

Your doyenne will add to all this guesswork the prediction that these details will be officially announced right around Labor Day.

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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