Renee Fleming (seated) and Barry Banks (standing) … in the Met’s 2010 Mary Zimmerman Armida
[This caption by rysanekfreak replaces La Cieca's original, "So it’s agreed: Roberto gets the house in Monte Carlo; Angela gets custody of the gays".]
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rysanekfreak: that one just made me spit out my tea! Hilarious.
Armida — it’s going to be fun to see Fleming standing between Brownlee and Banks. It’ll be an “Ebony and Ivory” Munchkin sandwich!
Fanciulla, Act I, the bible lesson.
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I love the suggestive barrel!
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