As the season announcement season gears up to its traditional climax, the venerable Future Met Wiki‘s details on the company’s 2019-2020 season (due to be unveiled a few weeks from now) still includes occasional lacunae as to casting. La Cieca invites the cher public to puts its hive mind to filling those gaps in the commments section after the jump.  

Agrippina (Met Premiere)
Joyce DiDonato as Agrippina, and who else?

Der Fliegende Holländer
Who sings the Holländer?

Wozzeck
Who sings Marie?

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rosina, Almaviva?

La Bohème
Rodolfo? Second and/or third casting?

La Damnation de Faust
Faust?

Káta Kabanová
Stefan Margita and who else?

Maria Stuarda
Elisabetta?

Le Nozze di Figaro
Gaelle Arquez as Cherubino and who else?

The Magic Flute
Joelle Harvey as Pamina and who else?

Orfeo ed Euridice
Any casting?

Pikovaya dama
Ghermann and the Old Countess?

Der Rosenkavalier
Octavian?

Simon Boccanegra
Amelia and Adorno?

La Traviata
Any casting?

Turandot
Calaf?

Image based on a photo by Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera.

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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