Alternet: In a cramped backstage area at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, French mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch adjusts her 19th century dress.
Around her are other singers, a costume assistant, two cameramen and a dozen stagehands ready to move a tree and a park bench to change the sets for the second act of Jules Massenet's "Werther".
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This article about the extra preparation involved for live HD broadcasts of New York’s Metropolitan Opera House teases my imagination. I want to see larger – and more – photos of the backstage surreality. Better yet, a documentary of behind-the-scenes military-esque planning and deployment of the event. After a bit of googling, The Audition looks like a compelling movie, but I am more interested in the costumes and the sets. So, I just put Becoming Traviata on my library queue. In terms of expanding audiences, the Met’s HD option is exciting and encouraging for the future of the art.
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