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re: Are there any star opera singers with crossover box office appeal anymore?

Posted by:	larry13 09:45 pm EDT 05/04/15
In reply to:	Are there any star opera singers with crossover box office appeal anymore? - PlayWiz 11:31 am EDT 05/04/15

It's obviously much easier to sell out a Broadway theater--even the largest--than the almost 4,000 seat Met but it's my understanding that NO one today--not even Netrebko, Domingo, Fleming--automatically sells out at the Met. Sure, Kaufmann will sell out CARMEN(and then cancel)but I doubt even he sells out whatever opera he's cast in. It isn't just in Italy that opera stars don't mean the same thing they once did.

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