In what La Cieca chooses to believe is a warmup for the title role of Simon Boccanegra, Plácido Domingo will appear as “Himself” on an episode of The Simpsons to air in the fall of 2007. According to PlaybillArts, the tenor/maestro/intendant will figure into a storyline concerning Homer Simpson‘s midlife career change to singing opera. (Hilarity surely will ensue.)

Longtime fans of Domingo will recall his

with Miss Piggy of the Muppets and the running Sesame Street character “

Flamingo.”

The image of Mr. Domingo at right was created at Simpsonizeme.com.