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The Met Opera: Caught Between Competing Realities

MUSIC Posted: July 30, 2014 11:00 am

“Whether our current opera house model will survive will depend, I believe, on how successfully opera houses attract new artists to create work that speaks as eloquently to the traditions as to present-day audiences.” It’s an open question, however, whether the Met can do so. It certainly cannot while the stage door is padlocked.”

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MUSIC Published: 07.30.14

Read the story in The Guardian Published: 07.30.14

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