| re: James Levine passed away over a week ago | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:29 am EDT 03/20/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Levine passed away over a week ago - PlayWiz 02:39 pm EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| I am very familiar with THE OPERA HOUSE documentary, and I love it :-) I'm aware that, as you say, Bing wanted the old opera house destroyed. I don't dispute that. I'm just saying I still don't understand what the house could possibly have been used for if it had not been razed. Yes, it could have continued to be used for opera on the "stagione" system, as you state -- but again, what company would have produced those operas? And yes, the house could have been reconfigured to be used as a concert hall -- but again, what kind of concerts would they have been and who would have produced them, considering that Lincoln Center included a new concert hall, and although Carnegie Hall came very close to being demolished, that did not happen (thank heaven)? I guess the house could have been used for big musicals, perhaps with the highest balcony section(s) of seats closed -- but if it had been used for that, it would have not been in competition with the new Met in terms of repertory. Seems to me the only real danger the old Met could have presented if it stayed open would have been if world class European opera companies, or companies from other American cities, had booked it for stints in NYC, but that just doesn't seem realistic to me at all, not on any ongoing, frequent booking basis. |
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