La Cieca is happy to report that you, cher public, have made the Amazon Associates Program a rousing success, generating considerable income for the improvement and expansion of parterre.com. Over the past four months, you have purchased literally hundreds of items, of which the most popular can be seen right after the jump:

  1. Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin [Metropolitan Opera 2007]
  2. Voce D’Italia: Arias For Rubini
  3. Legendary Perfomances of Gencer
  4. Vincenzo Bellini – I Puritani [Metropolitan Opera 2007]
  5. R. Strauss – Salome
  6. Mawrdew Czgowchwz
  7. Now Voyagers: The Night Sea Journey
  8. Jules Massenet – Manon (Gran Teatre del Liceu 2007)
  9. Vivaldi – Ercole s’ul Termodonte (Spoleto Festival 2006)
  10. Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias
  11. Franco Corelli: Prince of Tenors
  12. Legendary Performances of Caballé
  13. Verdi: Macbeth
  14. Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera
  15. Lost Divas
  16. Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor
  17. Tosca’s Kiss – Il Bacio di Tosca
  18. Callas: Complete Studio Recordings
  19. Cecilia Bartoli – Maria (Deluxe Hardcover Edition)
  20. Diana Damrau – Arie di Bravura

La Cieca

James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.

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