Money pit
The good news is that the Met reduced its operating deficit for 2008-2009 to $1.3 million, down from $12.2 million a year earlier. The bad news is the company’s assets fell by $72.6 million (down to $422.7 million) primarily because of investment losses. In other news, the Met paid James Levine a bit more than Peter Gelb received for the fiscal year, slightly over $1.5 million. (La Cieca will now sit back and listen to the online explanations of how unfair this is, because Jimmy actually makes music whereas Gelb just sits in an office all day thinking about how much he hates opera.) [via Bloomberg]
The Mikadick
Blowman Of The Guard
HMS Pinafuck
Cocks in Box
The Barber of Syphilis
Orpheus and Your Dick
La Cenerent-a-hole
Der Ring Das Nibblelingus
The Cunnilingused Little Vixen
The Cumming Little Vixen
Man-’Ho
Man-’ho, Let’s Go
Eat a puss, Rex
Moses In Aaron
Beatrice In Benedict
Romeo In Juliet
Gott im Himmel, Schimel!
Fraue Lieben und Laid In
Oh, fine.
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned The Pearl Fisters yet.
or See Me Ram It In
I think we’d all like to see that.
Peter, you figure in most of these operas.
The Peed Piper of Hymen
Little Men in Little Women (wasn’t that on TLC?)
Roberta, Dig Her Out
I Capuletti ed i Monte, A Jew
Romeo et Jules, he ate
And if we’re not going to mention Queen of Spades, I guess we shouldn’t mention Simon Fuck a negro
Semen Boccanegra
And, of course, anything by Jock Homo Pooch In Me
The Ghost of Fair Size
Zar Und Rimmer Man
Elizabitch, Regina Dingleberry
This is the most fun I’ve had avoiding work in a loooong time.
. . . and you haven’t even started on the works of Josef Fux.
Josef Fux who?
This is so unfair! Jimmy actually spends his time making music, hell he has dislocated his elbow and back in his pursuit of music whereas Gelb just sits in an office all day thinking about how much he hates opera.
There, pleased, Ciaca carissima?
God, Lindoro, you don’t have to be so homophobic.