By La Cieca 
As we trudge into the final week of 2014, La Cieca can but echo her Doppelgängerin in the vintage cartoon above:
“Of course I know one has to go, but it is so unutterably un-gay, isn’t it?”
Your own doyenne hopes the cher public will gay it up a bit with their discussion of off-topic and general interest subjects.
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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