Viewers flocked to parterre box last month to read the sad news of the passing of legendary mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig.
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February was a month for diva admiration on parterre box.
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That Beczala/Radvanovsky online recital, viewed and reviewed, really caught the eye of the cher public in the month of January.
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The big news of 2020 was, obviously, that everyone (or almost everyone) stayed home.
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It’s a Christmas miracle: leading our Top Ten listing for November is Jonas Kaufmann singing Mariah Carey!
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Webcasts helped keep both opera and parterre box alive in October 2020.
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Renée Fleming garnered a most un-unvdivaesque flurry of pageviews in August.
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June on parterre box was a month of Egyptian sun gods and some very enthusiastic video watching.
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Naturally the top ten posts on parterre box for the month of March focused on the encroaching menace of COVID-19.
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Leading the parterre box top ten for the month of February: a new season and the (apparent) end of a legendary career.
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The astonishing performance of Aleksandra Kurzak, whose Violetta was an incontrovertible triumph, fascinated parterre box readers in the month of January.
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What’s the biggest parterre box story of December 2019? Why, a look into the “Soaring 20s” at the Met!
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Get ready for a barrel of charm, a fabulous thrill as La Cieca (not pictured) proudly presents the the biggest little headlines on parterre box for the decade 2010-2019.
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Sadly, the news of the passing of two beloved artists provided much of the traffic on parterre box last month.
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Surely no one can be surprised to learn that the departure of Plácido Domingo from the Met was the most-read story on parterre box for the month of September.
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The Great Domingo Question loomed above all other topics in the sleepy month of August.
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Your top ten posts on parterre box for the month of July are actually a Top 13, thanks to a (near) three-way tie.
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A detailed and persuasive review by Christian Ocier was the most popular post on parterre box for the month of June.
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Friend, Romans and Rosa Feola fans, presenting your top ten parterre box posts for the lusty month of May!
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