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All about Melpomene All about Melpomene

The top ten parterre box stories for January 2019.

Turkey lurkey time Turkey lurkey time

Some less than stellar reviews dominate the top ten posts on parterre box for November 2018.

October surprise October surprise

Jonas Kaufmann‘s Herbstreise to Little Old New York dominated the busy pages of October’s parterre box, boosting our total number of pageviews to nearly 400,000.

“There’s one lady barber that made good” “There’s one lady barber that made good”

The Met’s new production of Samson et Dalila (not pictured) grabbed the most attention last month.

Not-so-tiny furniture Not-so-tiny furniture

All it takes to rocket to the top of the charts on parterre box these days is a chaise longue and a periwinkle dress.

What dreams may come What dreams may come

Here they are, cher public, your most popular 10 (or, rather, 11) parterre posts for the month of May 2018.

Spring breakers Spring breakers

Surely no one can be surprised that the focus of attention among the cher pubic in April was Anna Netrebko‘s first Tosca.

Bold faces and broadcasts Bold faces and broadcasts

Yannick Nézet-Séguin‘s triumphant Elektra at the Met was the subject of parterre box’s most-read article in March 2018.

Name that Neptune Name that Neptune

The month of March 2017 on parterre box can be summed up in three topics: Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and religious Cretans.

The top ten returns The top ten returns

A listing of the ten most-read parterre posts of February 2017.

In dämmrigen Grüften träumte ich lang In dämmrigen Grüften träumte ich lang

Endings (in particular that of James Levine) and beginnings (Anna Netrebko‘s, as a Wagnerian), dominated the list of most popular posts on parterre in the month of May.

The great lady issues a statement The great lady issues a statement

The most-read stories in April were mostly news, with a little gossip thrown in.

Me Jonas, you Jane Me Jonas, you Jane

Jonas Kaufmann and the mysterious “Jane G.” sparked the most reader interest on parterre box during the month of March.

Midway through my season Midway through my season

The most popular postings for the month follow the jump.

Read all over Read all over

La Cieca is pleased and proud to present the Top 10 most popular posts on parterre.com for the month of January 2016.

November reign November reign

A readers’ discussion of Gaetano Donizetti garnered the most pageviews of any parterre posting in November.

Travels with my rant Travels with my rant

It appears that La Cieca’s long-winded, likely drunken ravings late last Friday week attracted the most visitors last week, doubtless motivated by Schadenfreude.

Number one with an axe Number one with an axe

Here you are, cher public, your ten most popular parterre box postings (by numbers of pageviews) for the week of September 27-October 3, 2015.