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Opera: The Familiarity Problem

MUSIC Posted: July 15, 2014 6:12 am

“According to Operabase, an opera-statistics website, the world’s 40 most-performed opera composers last season were all dead. The most-performed living composer, Philip Glass, only saw his operas performed 66 times, compared with 2,586 performances for the top-ranked Verdi. Contemporary theatre, in contrast, is not only performed regularly, but attracts large crowds.”

MUSIC Published: 07.14.14

Read the story in The Economist Published: 07.14.14

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