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On the way to the OONY comeback concert at Carnegie Hall last night, La Cieca ran into an old, old, old and utterly anonymous friend who had recently had a tête-à-tête with an associate of that publicist who recently parted ways with that celebrated Opera MILF. Well!
Your doyenne gleaned from his hearsay that the mood around the office was rather more one of relief than anything else, since (as La Cieca understands it) a considerable amount of the PR’s time and energy had been expended in attempting (not always successfully) to talk the diva out of “her Lucy Ricardo-esque harebrained schemes” (La Cieca’s phrase).
Now, naturally of course, a lot of this story is just fiddle-faddle spawned of your doyenne’s all-too-fertile imagination, but let’s run with it anyway. You’ve seen what That Diva has done over the past decade and a half even while under the moderating wing of the publicist; now let’s imagine what sort of antics she might get up to now that she’s “running wild.”
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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.
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.