| re: James Levine passed away over a week ago | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 02:02 pm EDT 03/18/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Levine passed away over a week ago - Michael_Portantiere 01:21 pm EDT 03/18/21 | |
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| I'm guessing that the thinking was that someone might start a new opera company and move into the old theatre, despite it's obvious limitations. Then audiences, who were used to attending opera at the old theatre might continue to do so and not ever make the move with the Metropolitan Opera company to Lincoln Center. Change is tough for people and I'm sure that there were also people at the time complaining up, down, and sideways about the new theatre for any of dozens of reasons. So, if they had an opportunity to make a statement by serving their love of opera at the old theatre they loved, they'd probably have done that and abandoned the Metropolitan Opera (although these folks might characterize it as the Met moving uptown and abandoning them). Bing wanted his company at the new theatre to be THE place in New York to go to for a night at the opera. And Bing did such a good job of it that, even in a city as large as New York, there are no opera companies that even come close to rivaling the Met. NYCO gave them a run for their money for awhile, but couldn't sustain it. Maybe, even in major cities, there just aren't enough rich people into opera to sustain multiple major companies...are there any cities that are home to more than one major, world-class opera company? |
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