La Cieca is happy to announce that you, cher public, have set a new record for pageviews in a single day here at parterre.com. On February 6, dear people, you viewed this little blog a whopping 16,713 times. Over the past 12 months parterre.com has averaged around 1,500 vistors per day, totalling more than 2.6 million pageviews.

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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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