On the eve of New York City Opera’s announcement of their 2011-12 season tomorrow at the Guggenheim Museum, La Cieca has been forwarded an email sent by AGMA to its members offering details of what Alan Gordon says are the company’s proposals for the beginning of contract negotiations. The text of the email after the…

By on July 11, 2011 at 1:01 PM
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La Cieca’s insider whispers (or, more accurately, shouts): “AGMA walked out of the meeting on Monday.  They refused to negotiate.  Gordon said Steel‘s demands were more destructive then expected, worse than 802’s.” The New York City Opera season is scheduled to begin in 135 days.

By on June 23, 2009 at 5:32 PM
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Well, in fact your doyenne just warbles a few bars of a dear old Jerry Herman tune, but the real news is the second part of Montserrat Caballé‘s legendary New York debut as Lucrezia Borgia. Lucrezia Borgia Act 1

By on May 18, 2008 at 3:01 AM
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