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“Tighter, Mammy! Captain Butler will be at the ball!”

by | 1:16 pm | Dec 25, 2008

La Cieca invites the cher public to supply their own captions to this photo of “Dresser strapping corset on Heldentenor Lauritz Melchior backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House as he prepares to sing his 200th Tristan.” (1944/Alfred Eisenstaedt)

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  • jatm2063 says:

    I think I am temporarily blind after viewing this.

    on December 27, 2008 at 9:52 PM
  • Harry says:

    Yes, It is true operatic based ‘porn’ jam2063. The photo is thoroughly disgusting for all the right hilarious reasons. Imagine if La Cieca had a gallery of other traumatic dressing room ‘flopping it out’ and ‘pulling it in’ pictures to show us.
    We would need more smelling salts as Ms Beulah waved her fan over us, as we recovered from the shocks.

    on December 28, 2008 at 9:31 AM
  • LVPO says:

    “Pardone, Signore…my understanding is that I was hired to work with a “held-in tenor” …

    it’s MY favourite one!

    Well done greggie. 8)

    on December 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM
  • jatm2063 says:

    Okay I’ll take the bait.

    DOES La Cieca have a collection of other traumatic flopping out and pulling in dressing room photos? Hmmmm? DOES SHE?

    on December 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM
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