2000_2010_winnerCongratulations to Rysanekfreak (pictured), contributor of the best top ten list in La Cieca’s Oughty But Nice competition. The ‘Freak’s somewhat meta compilation was entitled The Top Ten Participants I Have Most Enjoyed Reading on Parterre Box During the Last Decade. Rysanekfreak will receive a $100 gift card from amazon.com. 

So many wonderful lists were offered up that La Cieca found herself with no choice but to extend her largesse, and so she has selected two runners-up who should prepare themselves to serve out Rysanekfreak’s term of office in the wake of the inevitable sex scandal. Winning tshirts from the CafePress parterre box collection are Valmont for The Top Ten Not Necessarily Romantic Power Couples of the Past Ten Years and Baritenor for The Ten Most Uncomfortable, Unpredictable or Unintentionally Hilarious Moments at the Met’s HD Transmission Backstage Segments.

And let La Cieca just add, “You are all winners, even though some of you are less winning that others.”

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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