For the busy month of October (nearly 300,000 pageviews and an astonishingly sticky 3:19 average session duration!) La Cieca (not pictured) is elated to announce that parterre box published some of its most popular posts ever. The breakdown is after the jump.

  1. Renée! F!
  2. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is alive, his wife assures us
  3. Turandon’t
  4. A voice that must be heard
  5. Untouched by an ‘Angel’
  6. Peter Gelb admits defeat
  7. No fits, no fights, no feuds and no egos
  8. Cervelli! Cervelli!
  9. Sgombra è la sacra megaplex
  10. Reason to believe (tie)
    Eternal, feminine (tie)

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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