{"id":367,"date":"2009-11-06T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T15:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=367"},"modified":"2009-11-06T15:58:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T15:58:17","slug":"going_rogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/11\/going_rogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Rogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Globe and Mail<\/a>, <\/i>headline: “COC Boss Scoops his Own Publicist”:<\/p>\n

\n

\nT<\/span>he Canadian Opera Company is usually
\ntight-lipped about its plans beyond the current season. I thought the
\ntradition would continue under Alexander Neef, the diplomatic young
\nGerman who took over as the Toronto company’s general director last
\nyear. <\/p>\n

\nBoy, was I wrong. Neef’s blog on the COC<\/a> website is chock full of hints, tips and informal announcements about his agenda for future seasons, including the following…<\/p>\n

“He’s interested in giving some hints along the way,” says COC director
\nof public relations Claudine Domingue, who usually tries to keep the
\nlid on insider tips about the company’s plans. “I think he enjoys
\nletting people see a little behind the scenes.” <\/p>\n

Neef’s prolific July entries are sprinkled with names of the eminent
\nsingers, directors and talent agents he encounters at lunch or at
\nperformances in Paris and London. The name-dropping is often followed
\nby a more or less direct statement of that person’s role in future COC
\nseasons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For Monday, how artist Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and blogs can cause more trouble than they’re worth. As I like to say to one of my clients when we’re in public places and spaces, “Lock it down!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Globe and Mail, headline: “COC Boss Scoops his Own Publicist”: The Canadian Opera Company is usually tight-lipped about its plans beyond the current season. I thought the tradition would continue under Alexander Neef, the diplomatic young German who took over as the Toronto company’s general director last year. Boy, was I wrong. Neef’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}