Do people still care about opera? An insider raises some doubts
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“Actor Timothée Chalamet declared he only wanted to work in a creative field people valued.”
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“He was not keen on an art form like opera, 'where it’s like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.'”
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“His comments contributed to him losing this year’s Best Actor Oscar race.”
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“Caitlin Vincent's book 'Opera Wars' targets 'the opera curious' and 'opera lovers'.”
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“Opera production has never before been as fraught as it is today.”
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“Opera production disagreements stem from starkly differing views on staging: Regietheater (director’s theatre) vs. Werktreue (true to the work).”
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“Puccini relied on a Chinese music box and a book written by a Belgian customs officer for Turandot.”
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“Puccini sourced the Turandot story from Schiller, who adapted it from Nizami Ganjavi's epic poem.”
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“Opera singers are usually paid per performance, not for rehearsals, with no sick pay.”
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“Incidents of harassment, including sexual harassment, have involved key opera industry figures like James Levine.”
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“The 'canon' of operatic works consists of roughly fifty operas by white European men from 18th–20th centuries.”
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“The 'canon' has dominated opera stages since the turn of the (twentieth) century.”
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