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  • Cocky Kurwenal: Is 20% French repertoire acceptable, Oedipe? Are Florez, Yende, Antonacci and Kunde suitable? 10:33 AM
  • oedipe: Yes Camille, you’ve just expressed what I didn’t dare say: I have nothing against ARPs (I... 10:20 AM
  • Camille: Yes, just think of all the inventive ways Rachel Ray would have with an “Agamemnon stew”.... 10:17 AM
  • Belfagor: And this is a foray into unexpected repertoire, but very intense, rapt and sustained httpv://www.you... 10:13 AM
  • Camille: MarschallinDue— What were the “back issues”? The back issues of Opera News? I am not privy... 10:13 AM
  • Noel Dahling: Your oar is always welcome, Cocky! I love hearing listener’s impressions who were actually... 10:11 AM
  • Camille: Giusto Cielo! A comprimario/a season as sponsored by AARP! (That’s the “American Association... 10:10 AM
  • Cocky Kurwenal: I could understand carping about Meier’s casting on vocal grounds – the middle has... 10:07 AM

Must… reach… endowment…

The Man of Steel is in danger again, this time from a new gang of supervillains: Lila and DeWitt Wallace. [NYT]

War talk

Although La Cieca (center) has never played Fort Sumter, she thinks she can recognize the sound of a shot being fired. A forwarded email, after the jump. Read more »

Indecent proposals

On the eve of New York City Opera’s announcement of their 2011-12 season tomorrow at the Guggenheim Museum, La Cieca has been forwarded an email sent by AGMA to its members offering details of what Alan Gordon says are the company’s proposals for the beginning of contract negotiations. The text of the email after the jump. Read more »

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pact checkers

La Cieca is delighted to learn that “the New York City Opera and the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO, have reached agreement on a new collective bargaining contract, helping to ensure City Opera’s continuing place in the forefront of American opera,” according to a press release from the NYCO. Since Alan Gordon and George Steel so ably brought to fruition what at one point seemed a hopeless project, La Cieca suggests that now they lend their persuasive talents to the cause of health care reform.

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