By La Cieca So, what’s the opera? (If you can’t guess right away, La Cieca will add more photos.)
Okay, contest over. La Cieca is turning over all the cards…
We have a winner: Jfmurray3. (He’s not right, but La Cieca is a sucker for a testicle-related pun.) All you other cher public of course are in point of fact correct: the opera is La boheme, and here are some other photos from the production:
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.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
