domingo, 27 de setembro de 2009

Da Era Gelb






There have been artistic misfires, like Mary Zimmerman’s production last year of “La Sonnambula,” which set the opera as a play-within-a-play and was also hooted at on opening night. But for the most part the Gelb vision has so won over the opera world that it’s hard now to find anyone with something critical to say — at least on the record. Most of the grumbling one hears these days is not about the merits of the new Met productions but about how expensive they are. Since Mr. Gelb took over, the Met budget has increased by about $60 million. The box office is up, but meanwhile personal and corporate donations, which the Met depends on to balance its budget, are down, thanks to the economy, and so is the value of its endowment. The Met’s projected deficit for next year is about $4 million.











1 comentário:

Nuno Pássaro disse...

Não concordo com as modernices no Met. Acho que tem de continuar a existir um sítio no mundo onde se possa ir encher a barriga de riso com solenidade máxima.