At last, the quintessential targeted reader of parterre.com has been identified. Undoubtedly, he is “Marc,” the subject of Angela Christlieb‘s documentary Naked Opera, who “travels the world to see Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni in which he finds the perfect representation of a life without compromise: intense and profound, full of love and passion.”

The film, featured in this year’s Berlinale, follows Marc as he  “escapes from his businessman routine to indulge in entertainment, pleasure, luxurious hotels and young companions.”  Pictured is one of those “young companions,” Jordan Fox, “proud winner of the Best European Top Award at the 2011 Hustlaball, the Oscars of the gay porn world,” here pictured in the foyer of Berlin’s Komische Oper. [via Intermezzo]

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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