Posted on 10/01/2013 1:18:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
New York City Opera said Tuesday it is shutting down and filing for bankruptcy protection after seven decades as a fixture on the metropolitan cultural scene.
The company announced Sept. 12 that it needed to raise $7 million by the end of September. Spokeswoman Risa Heller said about $2 million had been raised, plus another $301,019 was pledged from 2,108 donors in an online campaign. …
Junior to and often feistier than the Metropolitan Opera, City Opera was a spawning ground for top opera talent that included Beverly Sills, Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming and Samuel Ramey.
But it was derailed by a series of decisions by its board, which included going dark for the 2008-09 season while its auditorium at Lincoln Center was reconstructed; hiring Gerard Mortier as artistic director only to have him back out before starting; and leaving Lincoln Center after the 2010-11 season and playing at various venues throughout the city under general manager George Steel. …
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It is an opportunity for me to see some things I would never see again. I love it on the big screen.
Rock and roll has even fewer patrons. But it can be found in its original form this weekend in New Orleans.
October 4th & 5th 2013 Rock ‘n’ Bowl, New Orleans
Friday October 4Th, 2013
The Sonics
Chris Clark
Maxine Brown
Baby Washington
Swamp Dogg
Sonny Green
Charles Brimmer
Lynn August
Richard Caiton
James Alexander
Saturday October 5Th, 2013
Ty Wagner
The Sloths
The Standells
Gaunga Dyns
Spencer Wiggins
Chris Montez
Boogaloo
Eddie Daniels
Charlie Gracie
Homeless opera singers will be the next Republican president’s fault.
All the castrati went to work for GOPe?
That may have been the Ken Russell staging that ends with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (I'm not kidding!).
Some more examples: Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss - there is a scene where Baron Ochs meets with Octavian (who is dressed as a maid) and attempts to seduce "her". This scene is usually set in a tavern. A recent production set it in a brothel, replete with nude and semi nude couples simulating intercourse all over the stage. It is getting to be a rare event to see an opera staged in the time and style in which the composer intended.
My mother says they went as a birthday gift for someone who was looking forward to it for the longest time. They went in by limo (a very special treat) and they were so disappointed! The birthday girl was just devastated.
My mother says just give them a little more time and they’ll kill everything.
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