Headshot of La Cieca

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le baiser de la mort

“George is actually the perfect person for City Opera in this chapter of its institutional life,” said the house’s chairwoman, Susan L. Baker. [via NYT]

Also: La Cieca hears that Two-Face is already en route to New York City, where he will meet with his new underlings at 11:00 AM Thursday.

12 comments

  • hab mir's gelobt says:

    is the woman of the right the new bride of wildenstein? scary scary! the guy on the left looks like a squeezed potato. gosh that put me off my lunch now!

  • Nerva Nelli says:

    Could they but sing, these two gorgons could star in von Einem’s DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME.