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cieca’s angels: full throttle

by La Cieca | 11:38 am | Feb 21, 2008

Your doyenne is always diffident about asking you for financial aid, cher public, but recently a few of you inquired how you can help out. It’s easy, actually: using PayPal, you can donate as much (or as little) as you choose (or do not choose) using any major credit card. (For more information on PayPal go here.) Just click on the button below to start winning your wings.

Addendum: with the encouragement of the cher public, I have moved this important note about amazon.com from the comments section here into the main body of the blog:

You should note that La Cieca is credited for any purchases you make in an a shopping session begun by linking from any amazon ad on this page. For example, let’s say you click on the link for Franco Corelli: Prince of Tenors. You’ll be taken to the item page for this book at amazon.com. You don’t have to buy this item, but you can continue to search and shop on amazon.com for as long as you like. Anything that you put in your shopping cart during that session will count as a “referral” from parterre.com and La Cieca will get her commission.

To put it simply, the next time you want to buy something on amazon.com, don’t just type “amazon.com” in your browser. Instead, go to parterre.com and click on any amazon.com link there, and then do your shopping. Your greedy doyenne will be most grateful!

And here’s a handy shortcut to La Cieca at Amazon. (Right-click on the line and select “add to favorites” or “add to bookmarks.”)

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18 Comments

18 comments

• Smart ass says:

  Do you still get credit if we buy Renee Fleming CDs????

  on February 21, 2008 at 4:13 PM
• tenorofthetimes says:

  Angela “Draculette” Gheorghiu could play Angelique, but she’s have to agree to wear a blond wig!

  on February 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM
• Sanford says:

  Can we get Maria Bayo in there somewhere as she already appears to have fangs?

  on February 21, 2008 at 4:58 PM
• il_guarany says:

  Smart ass РThe number #1 money maker for La Cieca these days is Ren̩e (DVD of Onegin).

  La Cieca, do find out about Amazon-forwarded clicks to “local” sites like the UK and Canada work as well. Just yesterday, reading about the “almost unbearably moving” Lohengrin, I went and bought it on amazon.ca. Of all purchases, that’s definitely one you should have got a commission for.

  on February 21, 2008 at 5:49 PM
• BelCantoDiva says:

  Oh, if only I’d known this sooner! My Callas Tosca CD could have earned you $$. I’ve learned my lesson. I will always link through your site. You keep me URD on all things operatic (including reggie) and really, my friends think I’m quite the opera doyenne! But it’s not all me — it’s got a lot to do you “you.”

  One quetion, does this apply to new and used items sold by vendors other than Amazon itself?

  on February 21, 2008 at 11:31 PM
• Barnabas says:

  Well, my dear La Cieca, I just ordered the Bayreuth Die Meistersinger to add to my gothic collection. Cheers and commissions to you!

  I think Waltraud Meier would certainly chew up the scenery as Dr. Julia Hoffman, but isn’t there some other mezzo out there with a smokey gravelly timbre to match Grayson Hall’s unique voice?

  on February 22, 2008 at 2:04 AM
• Tubsinger says:

  My dear Mme. La Cieca,

  I just found the very rare, budget-priced Haitink Christmas morning Mahler broadcasts (w/o #s 6 & on Amazon France. It can’t be found anywhere else–and it’s a new set from Caiman (Miami!) Amerique. I clicked through your suggestions to get there, and I hope you get the credit somehow.

  What would we do without you?

  on February 22, 2008 at 11:50 AM
• La Cieca says:

  Gualtier: Fiorenza Cedolins is Dr. Julia Hoffman.

  on February 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM