La Cieca
James Jorden (who writes under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") is the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he has written for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He has also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he has directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni, a work he hopes to return to someday. Currently he alternates his doyenne duties with writing a weekly column on opera for the New York Observer.
On this day in 1946 Irving Berlin‘s Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theatre, to run 1,147 performances.
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Veteran Donizetti stylists Joan Sutherland and Alfredo Kraus team for this 1982 telecast.
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This presentation from the Dutch National Opera and Ballet begins streaming at 1:00 PM, one hour earlier than our usual afternoon discussion.
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Anthony Dean Griffey sings the title role in John Doyle‘s notorious lemon of a production.
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From the Grand Théâtre de Genève under the baton of Marc Minkowski.
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Majestic Jessye Norman in a legendary Met portrayal from 1987.
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A production from the Poznan Opera at Polish National Opera, as performed September 20, 2019.
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Born on this day in 1922 actress Bea Arthur.
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Conducted by the composer and starring Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Alek Shrader, Alan Oke, and Simon Keenlyside. Transmitted live on November 10, 2012.
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A visually luxurious production from the Finnish National Opera and Ballet.
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Jonas Kaufmann makes the gigantic stretch of playing a melancholy artist.
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Asmik Grigorian stars as Tatiana in this video from the Komische Oper Berlin, directed by Barrie Kosky.
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On this day in 1965 the Kander-Ebb musical Flora, the Red Menace opened at the Alvin Theatre to run 87 performances.
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The classic double bill of potboilers, as telecast in 2015.
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Gregory Kunde heads this cast of this new production from l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège.
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On what would have been the last night of the 2019–20 Met season, Susan Froemke’s acclaimed 2017 documentary.
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As performed by the Finnish National Opera on 11 March 2019.
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Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti star in this pioneering video from March 15, 1977.
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Renée Fleming rocks a chin-length bob as Countess Madeleine in Richard Strauss’s final opera.
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“Director Krzysztof Warlikowski and conductor Alain Altinoglu take on the challenge of revealing the essence of a work in which time and space are merely the remnants of a crumbled mosaic.”
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Kaija Saariaho’s modern masterpiece, as transmitted live on December 10, 2016.
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Krzysztof Warlikowski directs Christopher Maltman and Eva-Maria Westbroek in this production from Dutch National Opera in 2017.
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Simon Keenlyside, Marlis Petersen, Jennifer Larmore and James Morris star in this Live in HD video from March 27, 2010.
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