UPDATE: “Roberto Alagna will make his Met role debut as Cavaradossi in tonight’s opening performance of Tosca, replacing Marcelo Álvarez, who withdrew this afternoon due to the lingering effects of a cold.” Whoever her tenor might be, the occasion of parterriani fave Sondra Radvanovksy‘s first Met Tosca calls for dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, necking in the parlor and—for those of the cher public not up to quite such strenuous exertions—one of La Cieca’s old-fashioned online chats, starting at 8:00 pm.

• Sirius
• Met Listen Live
• Vocal score
• Libretto

The elite are expected to meet, as always, is at La Casa della Cieca.

And here’s a preview!