By La Cieca 
You asked for it, cher public, and La Cieca is happy to olige: a post to anchor the week’s off-topic and general converation threads.
Your doyenne asks that if you have chitchat; announcements of birthdays, deaths or anniversaries; or any other sort of comment that doesn’t seem to fit into an active topic, you keep it in this thread. Going forward, La Cieca will post a new “Intermission Feature” OT conversation anchor each Sunday night for the following week’s chitchat.
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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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.
