James Jorden

James Jorden, born 1954,[1] is an American blogger, journalist and music critic.

Jorden is the founding editor of the e-zine-cum-blog parterre box which covers the topic of opera 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 The New York Times.[2] He is a former web producer for Fox News.[3] Until 2013, he was employed full-time as a legal secretary.[1] After 10 years as a reviewer for Gay City News, Jorden became opera critic for the New York Post in March 2009, succeeding Clive Barnes.[4][5][6] In the fall of 2014, Jorden left the Post to write about opera for the New York Observer,[7] He also served as a commentator on the WQXR program Operavore.[8]

References
  1. Zachary Woolfe (8 July 2009). "The Bewitching Art of "La Cieca"". New York Observer. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. Joshua Barone (13 December 2018). "How an Underground Queer Zine Became the Best Blog in Opera". New York Times.
  3. "The Parterre Posse". New York Observer. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. Brian Kellow (July 2009). "Voice of the Opposition". Opera News.
  5. "Ruffling the Met's feathers – Parterre Box, a gay opera magazine". The Advocate, November 25, 1997. Accessed via subscription 18 January 2008.
  6. "You Go Diva!", The New York Times, April 27, 1997. Accessed 18 January 2008.
  7. About – Contributing Writers, Observer.
  8. "WQXR - New York's Classical Music Radio Station". WQXR.


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