La Cieca is still goggling at a press release she just received. Cher public, you can talk about this for a while.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York City Opera Commissions Philip Glass to Compose an Opera Based on the Life of Walt Disney

(New York, NY, September 29, 2008) Following a meeting of New York City Opera’s Board of Directors, Gerard Mortier, General Manager Designate today announced that City Opera is commissioning Philip Glass to compose a new opera, The Perfect American which imaginatively explores the life and career of Walt Disney. Based on the recent novel Der König von Amerika (translated into English as The Perfect American) by Peter Stephan Jungk, the opera, presented in collaboration with Improbable, is scheduled to open City Opera’s 2012-2013 season.