La Cieca welcomes to the editorial desk of parterre.com new correspondents squirrel and Ercole Farnese, who have already begun their blanket coverage of the New York City opera scene. Read more »
Cher public, La Cieca would like to call your attention to the latest innovation by our webmeister Nick Scholl: threaded comments. You can now reply to a specific comment (instead of the entire thread) and thus we can avoid having to start every reply with, “squirrel, you have got to be kidding me!” (Though doubtless some of you will still feel the emotional need to continue to do so.) Read more »
La Cieca is happy to announce that parterre.com is now accepting advertising via blogads.
La Cieca is holding auditions this week, looking for a few good reviewers of opera CDs and DVDs.
Your doyenne modestly would like to introduce the lastest of her far-flung business empire, a mini-store at amazon.com called La Cieca’s Little Shop of Arias. She suggests you bookmark this site as a convenient one-stop location for all the latest opera CDs, DVDs and other regalia. As with the various other amazon advertising here on the site, La Cieca will receive a commission on each and every purchase you make at her Little Shop.
The controversy over the new Met Tosca has driven parterre box’s weekly page views to an all-time high, for the first time ever topping the 100,000 mark. For the week of September 20-26, 2009, a total of 110,413 pageviews were logged by Google Analytics, far surpassing the previous record of 90,505 achieved in the third week of March, 2009. The opening night chat alone garnered over 15,000 views.
La Cieca is delighted to announce the addition of a new feature to our little site by the utterly estimable Nick Scholl. From this point onward, cher public, you will be empowered to embed YouTube videos in the comments section. (Up until now, you could insert a link, but now, the actual video will appear in your comment.) Instructions on how to accomplish this feat follow the jump.
La Cieca is proud to relaunch a completely overhauled parterre.com, previously seen in fragments, dribs and drabs, but now here to stay. The new look features a return to the (now) retro punky aesthetic of the early ’90s zine, updated fonts and all sorts of other improvements intended to enhance your reading and commenting pleasure. Designer of the new parterre look is that Cardin of the CSS Nicholas Scholl, formerly of Trrill and currently busily tweeting from (at?) twitter.com/trrill. He is also a member of the team at Patent Leather Daddy. Your doyenne welcomes your reactions to the new look.
Cher Public