Exclusive to Rodney Punt
LAPO President and CEO, Deborah Borda, announced to a stunned Los Angeles community that the organization short-sold its assets to super-tenor and impresario, Placido Domingo, who acknowledged that his family trust had acquired the LAPO lock, stock, and barrel. (Rumors are running rampant that he acquired them for ten cents on the dollar.)
Separately, the LA Opera has issued a press release extending their highest sympathies to their colleagues across the street on Grand Avenue, and claiming their current production of Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) was no way timed to coincide with the announcement of the LAPO's collapse.
#####
Some may think this is a joke, but I heard a report from the Rue Morgue that the Opera has also folded, making it a "Twilight" double header! Quel crépuscule, Nellie!
ReplyDeleteFlash: Domingo doubles his money with sale of LAPO assets to Cleveland Symphony.
ReplyDeleteCSO spokesman Bud Beer says, "We need to spiff up the image of our stodgy operation. We're still part of the Big Five, but let's face it, with W-M, things aren't exactly on fire here."
Their first step: Hollywood Bowl to be placed on the shores of Lake Erie.
you guys are a bunch of idiots
ReplyDeletePlease, take one to no one, won't you? Thanks very much.
ReplyDeleteI know I'm Anonymous, but who are you?