It is always of great comfort to know one is accurate in one’s perceptions, even if they are relatively fleeting and meaningless. The case in point would be our perceptions of the various problems plaguing the Metropolitan Opera. Not artistic but technical. We have mentioned the weird freezing wind draughts, the peeling ceilings, audience blinding… [Read More]
How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera?!?
I very seldom do this but I find that I must speak out against a specific article. The NYT recently published an article entitled “How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera.” The piece is ostensibly a review of a movie named Margaret, but in it the author makes some very grand and sweeping claims about movies… [Read More]
