By La Cieca 
The news for the first month of 2019 was naturally dominated by Anna Netrebko‘s Adriana Lecouvreur (as what month in history has not been?) but everything from unruly horses to missing queens put in appearances. The top ten parterre box stories for January 2019 after the jump.
La Cieca is delighted to announce that parterre box garnered over 400K pageviews for the second month in a row!
And now our most viewed stories for the month:
Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera
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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