Elizabeth – The only two people I know who had ever seen Billy Budd warned me before going that the opera isn’t that great. Actually they thought it was terrible: both of them had walked out of the opera many years ago. My other Britten experiences were a bit difficult as his music is not typical… [Read More]
New York City Opera, Kickstarter and the WTF Moment
New York City Opera announced Monday that it will cancel the remainder of its season after Anna Nicole if it does not raise $7 million by September 30th (one million of which will be through an online Kickstarter campaign) AND will cancel their entire 2014-15 season if they do not raise an additional $13 million by… [Read More]
New York City Opera, Kickstarter and the WTF Moment
New York City Opera announced Monday that it will cancel the remainder of its season after Anna Nicole if it does not raise $7 million by September 30th (one million of which will be through an online Kickstarter campaign) AND will cancel their entire 2014-15 season if they do not raise an additional $13 million by… [Read More]
The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned in Brooklyn: The Turn of the Screw (NYCO at BAM)
Once again we headed to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to see New York City Opera, this time Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. Brooklyn seems to have a divisive effect on us for some reason. Elizabeth – I love the music of Benjamin Britten. Haunting and light, right from the beginning of Turn… [Read More]
Discordant Fellatio: Powder Her Face (NYCO at BAM)
We saw the final performance of New York City Opera’s production of Powder Her Face at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Powder Her Face follows the life of Margaret Campbell, the so-called Dirty Duchess of Argyll, her many affairs, divorce trial in 1963, and eventual lonely death. Rich subject matter for an opera. We had seen… [Read More]
