Protesters on the Street and NYPD in Dress Circle: The Premiere of The Death of Klinghoffer at the Metropolitan Opera

Elizabeth – With all the hype surrounding The Death of Klinghoffer I was a bit apprehensive about Monday night’s Met premiere.  The anti-Klinghoffer movement was growing and intensifying over the past few weeks and now even included calls to burn the set to the ground.  I feared there would be disruptions and possibly even violence over… [Read More]

Six Characters in Search of a Murder: Two Boys at the Metropolitan Opera

Elizabeth – Settling in to our seats for Two Boys, the first night of OPERA America’s National Opera Week, Shawn and I were playing with our iPhones when an older usher came over and told us politely, yet firmly, that we were not allowed to use our iPhones in the theater, only the lobby.  I… [Read More]