lorgnette_dorLa Cieca is happy to announce that voting season has begun for the 2010 first annual parterre box awards for excellence and repugnance in operatic production and performance during the 2009-2010 season.

And now, here’s your chance to choose among this year’s nominees for the “Lorgnette d’Or.”

Please vote for one nominee in each category.

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The polls will remain open until Wednesday, May 19 at noon. At that time La Cieca will tally the votes and announce the winners of the coveted “Lorgnette d’Or.” In the meantime, members of the cher public are encouraged to suggest worthy recipients of honorary “Lorgnettes d’Or” such categories as “Lifetime Achievement,” “Service Above and Beyond the Call of Fach,” and “Why the Hell Not.”

Until then, vote early and often!

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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