And now a word And now a word

La Cieca invites you take a moment from your off-topic and general interest discussion to take note of our latest advertiser.

A last-minute intermission feature A last-minute intermission feature

The cher public (not pictured, one hopes) are invited to discuss off-topic and general interest topics right up to the moment the lights are dimmed.

L’intervallo L’intervallo

Now that La Cieca (pictured) has returned to New York, she can hardly wait to hear your off-topic and general interest discussion for the week.

Remember me! Remember me!

Take a boozy short leave of your nymphos on shore, and enjoy your weekly intermission chat, cher public.

“Don’t look now, but Madame Calvé is the next box” “Don’t look now, but Madame Calvé is the next box”

Here’s looking forward to an exciting, celebrity-filled intermission as you, the cher public, discuss off-topic and general interest subjects.

A gal a night is enough for me A gal a night is enough for me

Chatter away, cher public, for here is your foyer for off-topic and general interest discussion during the week of August 5.

Does anyone still wear an intermission feature? Does anyone still wear an intermission feature?

As Leon Botstein has never said, “I digress.” La Cieca invites you too, cher public, to digress here in your weekly intermission feature.

Intermission talk Intermission talk

Talk amongst yourselves, cher public.

The picture hat of Dorian Gray The picture hat of Dorian Gray

La Cieca invites the cher public to gather “just like girlfriends—with hats on…” for this week’s round of discussion re: off-topic and general interest subjects.

On with the motley On with the motley

La Cieca (right) welcomes the cher public (and you know who you are) to an all-out, no-holds-barred edition of our weekly general interest and off-topic discussion.

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Stay cool, cher public, as La Cieca (center) invites you all to comment on off-topic and general interest subjects during the week of July 1.

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La Cieca invites the cher public (pictured) to discuss general interest and off-topic subjects during the week of June 24.

And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure

La Cieca (not pictured) invites the cher public (far left) to discuss general interest and off-topic subjects in this, your weekly intermission feature.

In the Gods In the Gods

Here’s your intermission feature for the week, cher public, home to your off-topic and general interest discussions.

A dandy intermission feature A dandy intermission feature

Once the poor “fell0” has recovered, perhaps he will join in this week’s discussion of off-topic and general interest subjects.

O sink hernieder, Nacht der Pause O sink hernieder, Nacht der Pause

La Cieca’s still thinking about yesterday’s stellar performance by Anna Netrebko in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, but she’s willing to listen to discussion about off-topic and general interest subjects as well.

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It’s about time you arrived, cher public!

Honor your parterre masters, would you forfend disasters! Honor your parterre masters, would you forfend disasters!

Do take a break from Wagner long enough to enjoy this week’s intermission feature, cher public.

When Divas Collide II: Mad Men Edition When Divas Collide II: Mad Men Edition

To kick off this week’s intermission feature, cher public, La Cieca invites you to imagine who said what to whom to make two legendary ladies laugh so lustily?

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Has the week really gone by so quickly?

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Let not the warm days of spring tempt you too far away from this week’s discussion of off-topic and general interest subject, cher public!

Square cut or pear shaped Square cut or pear shaped

La Cieca (in larger tiara) thinks it’s high time we all took a break from Regie watching and everything else…

J’ai désespéré dans les feux de tes charmes J’ai désespéré dans les feux de tes charmes

Since wer’re already in a Massenetesque frame of mind, cher public…

Hog butcher Hog butcher

As La Cieca makes her way back from the Windy City, she invites you, the cher public, to discuss anything off-topic and of general interest.