Questo e Quello

The Third Annual Pubie Awards

Tanned, rested and ready to present, La Cieca invites you, the cher public, to vote on the best, worst and most egregious opera performances of the 2012-2013 season.

By La Cieca

May 23, 2012

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Tanned, rested and ready to present, La Cieca invites you, the cher public, to select the best, worst and most egregious opera performances of the 2011-2012 season. Following an intricate and overly tedious nomination procedure by the parterre blue-ribbon committee, your doyenne has assembled the official Pubie ballots. You are invited to vote on your selections after the jump.

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Voting closes at midnight on May 30, 2012.

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.