A correction from the Met press office:  

The attached version of the 2011-12 season announcement corrects an error included in an earlier version of the release. Contrary to what was reported on page 2 [“Gelb noted that the average age of the Met’s audience, based on a recent survey, had been reduced from 65 to 57 over the first five years of his tenure as General Manager”], surveys done by the Met show that the average age of a subscriber actually went from 66.4 in 2005 to 64.8 in 2011, while in that same period, the age of the average Met audience member (including single sale customers and subscribers) went from 60.4 in 2005 to 57.7 in 2011. We apologize for the error.

In other news, the associate who supplied these figures to Gelb was last seen boarding a train departing for Boston at 5:00 pm at a speed of 45 miles per hour.

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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