Headline of the year for 2006

“Opera that depicts Bush, Blair dancing in underwear is canceled.”

From the Associated Press.

And while we’re on the subject, the scene in question (from Robert Carsen‘s production of Candide, which will not be seen at La Scala in 2007.)

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