Remember a couple of weeks ago when La Cieca called that NYT story about a potential strike at the New York City Opera “the scariest Friday news dump ever?”  Well, she was wrong, wrong, wrong.  The winner and new bone-chilling champion of all Friday news dumps just sneaked into the Times online. (Those of you…

By on April 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM
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It’s been nearly a month since the last spurt of news about the New York City Opera, which, for those of you with not particularly long memories, is or was an opera company just off to the side of the Met at Lincoln Center.  Well, now the first big story of March has crossed La Cieca’s desk.…

By on March 23, 2009 at 12:25 PM
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“He said he knew something was wrong when George Steele stopped answering his questions after their parachute deployed.”  [The Press Association]

By on February 03, 2009 at 11:56 AM
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“Dancing in the streets exaggerates only a bit. In Dallas, any tears shed over his departure would barely fill a thimble.”  Jeremy Gerard sums up the reaction of George Steel‘s departure from Dallas in Bloomberg News.

By on January 22, 2009 at 12:49 PM
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Given the probable continued volume of news concerning the New York City Opera, its new General Manager, and the various melodramas thereto, La Cieca will institute a new policy starting today. A single post will serve to anchor all the NYCO news for the day, with updates as needed. This will also help to centralize…

By on January 17, 2009 at 11:11 AM
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