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To read what La Cieca should have posted for this milestone, you might want to take a look at this comment (you can skip over the scolding first paragraph).
Among other milestones: we’re currently at 116,478 comments (an average of about 40 comments per post) and, though it may be premature to boast, all indications are that April 2010 will the highest number of monthly pageviews on parterre.com ever, a cool half million.
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.
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.
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.