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.
La Cieca has only just noticed that the time for the announced first presentation of the New York City’s Opera’s 2019-2020 season has come and gone.
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Opera, Food and Wine in Northern Italy – May 2020
The highlights of this nine-day, ten-person tour will be Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re at La Scala in a new production by Spanish director Àlex Ollé, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in Turin and Weill’s Mahagonny in Reggio Emilia, plus the Pavarotti Museum in Modena. Visit: Rick Perdian-Travel & Music.
“È tutto amore! Chi a una sola è fedele, verso l’altre è crudele; io che in me sento si esteso sentimento, vo’ bene a tutte quante; le donne poiché calcolar non sanno, il mio buon natural chiamano inganno.”
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Tonight’s broadcast of Tchaikovsky’s ghost story begins at 7:30 PM.
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Anna Netrebko, in Milan preparing a new production of Tosca for La Scala’s opening night, fires back at an interviewer.
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In preparation for her much-awaited Met debut, Lise Davidsen sings the arioso from Queen of Spades.
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Though no recording of Sunday’s lauded performance of Lohengrin from the Bayerische Staatsoper has yet surfaced, here are a couple of excerpts from Der Freischütz sung by Johanni van Oostrum.
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A parterre box reader has had to cancel an opera trip to Germany scheduled from November 29 – December 6 and wants if possible to share his tickets with members of the cher public.
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It’s that time of year again, cher public: the 47th 15th annual announcement of the recipients of the F. Paul Driscoll Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence!
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“Yusif Eyvazov will sing Hermann in the performances of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades on November 29 and December 2 and 5, replacing Aleksandrs Antonenko, who has withdrawn due to illness.”
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Alban Berg‘s masterpiece launches the Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2019/2020 STAATSOPER.TV season.
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So here’s my question: if Tadzio is 27 years old and consciously flaunting his wang, is it still Death in Venice?
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“The Met acted quickly to cast her as Leonore in Fidelio, Chrysothemis in Elektra, Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.”
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That bohemian opera returns to the airwaves tonight at 7:25 PM.
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“A flawed leader with visions of grandeur who becomes mentally unstable is a plot line that [Kanye] West might relate to.”
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Listen and discuss, cher public, beginning at 12:55 PM. Photo: Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera
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The Metropolitan Opera announced today that longtime [almost 40 years!] Artistic Administrator Jonathan Friend will be stepping down from his position following the end of the 2019–20 season.
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Opera San Antonio’s Board of Directors has announced E. Loren Meeker as General and Artistic Director.
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Christine Goerke and Stephen Gould sing the second act of Wagner’s masterpiece under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda.
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Dame Judi Dench! Anna Netrebko! Anne Midgette! Need I say more?
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Franco Faccio‘s delightfully obscure operatic version of Hamlet, as recorded at Delaware Opera.
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The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Akhnaten begins at 7:55 PM.
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Yes, this is the image Lyric Opera of Chicago has chosen to promote its upcoming performances of Der Ring des Nibelungen on social media.
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