Earlier today, NYCO’s George Steel fired back in what is apparently escalating into a war of words with AGMA honcho Alan Gordon. In an email to “the [New York City] Opera family” obtained by parterre.com, Steel seeks “to address [AGMA’s] misleading statements” while reminding AGMA members that he and NYCO “remain committed for our part to keep the negotiation process out of the press.”

Gordon shot back in an email to Steel:

…you need to remember that the AGMA-represented artists at NYCO are not your ‘family’. They are your employees, they are represented by a union, and it is your responsibility, legally and ethically, to deal with their union rather than engage in transparent attempts to pretend that you have their best interests at heart.

La Cieca is afraid that this is going to get very ugly.