As we enter July, the traditional month of the summer dedicated to music festivals, you will notice, cher public, that a veritable bouquet of new advertising has sprung up on parterre box. La Cieca is of course enormously gratified that so many performing organizations consider our little blog an efficient and economical means of reaching their audience. 

So let’s have a round of applause for our advertisers this month, a stellar group that includes Teatro Nuovo, Bard Summerscape, Mostly Mozart, Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance and the Bayerische Staatsoper.

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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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