James Jorden, born 1954, is an American

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and music critic. Jorden is the founding editor of the

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-cum-blog '' Parterre Box'' which covers the topic of

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from a queer perspective. Jorden's work with ''parterre box'' also includes a podcast, ''Unnatural Acts of Opera''. ''Parterre Box'' and Jorden have been featured in numerous media publications, including '' Opera News'' magazine, '' The Advocate'', and ''

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''. He is a former web producer for Fox News. Until 2013, he was employed full-time as a legal secretary. After 10 years as a reviewer for ''

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'', Jorden became opera critic for the ''

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'' in March 2009, succeeding

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. In the fall of 2014, Jorden left the ''Post'' to write about opera for ''

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'', He also served as a commentator on the WQXR program Operavore.

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''Parterre Box''
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