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A layout (in the very nearly literal sense of the term) of “seven international opera stars who are putting to rest the ‘fat lady sings’ cliché” graces the current issue of Vanity Fair. Since nobody actually reads this magazine, La Cieca will link to the photo of the The Low BMI Septet.

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Now, it’s one thing that Anna Netrebko is Photoshopped in from a different day, a different location and what may well be a different universe from our own, and don’t ask La Cieca why Mariusz Kwiecien is simultaneously checking his fly and treading on the train of Maija Kovalevska‘s gown. (No wonder she look so pissed!)

But just when you think it’s not humanly possible for Nathan Gunn to take a gayer photograph, the barihunk confounds us yet once more, with a pose that falls on the butch scale somewhere between Madame Recamier and April Stevens.

Or maybe Mr. Gunn can just throw in the towel and start programming “Teach Me Tiger” as an encore at his recitals.

190 comments

  • tamerlano says:

    Who’s the guy sitting down?

  • Stonato says:

    Only one person in the group can actually sing.

  • Boidseverywhere says:

    They look as bored as most of the audiences that hear them

  • Susan says:

    I have developed a love-hate relationship with this photo… And with the slipper-shoey things that Mr. Gunn is wearing.

  • Alto says:

    2 and 3: Do you actually have any interest in opera and singing?

  • Boidseverywhere says:

    Yes for myself, I have been going for over fifty years. With the mild exception of Anya, the rest are hype. My opinion there , as is yours to question our right to have one. NO ONE in that photo will be slightly remembered twenty years from now, except Gunn on broadway.

  • jatm2063 says:

    I’ve always thought that Nathan Gunn was likely a “fag on the road”. That is, he’s one who has a Manhunt profile that shows his torso, no face, and says something like “straight stud in downtown hotel April 1-25 seeks HUNG DOM TOPS. Poppers, fisting, groups a plus. Love the taste of cum. If interested, send pics of body and dick.”

    Or something like that.

  • Alto says:

    Rewarding fantasy life at 7.

  • Grrg says:

    La Cieca! We need you to referee a Blingee contest with this image! Like Wonkette just did! NOW! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!

  • steveac10 says:

    Believe it or not the sitting male is Netrebko’s baby daddy. It looks almost nothing like him.

    I’ve always thought the same about Gunn jatm2063, at least when he’s not appearing in the same city as Bill Burden. It may be just wishful thinking, but………………..