Reuters: The plot summary of U.S. opera in recent years has unfolded like the last act of a Verdi tragedy: New York City Opera, dead; Opera Boston, dead; San Diego Opera, on its final aria.
The Chicago opera scene, however, is all up tempo.
The nation's third most populous city has not only preserved its devotion to opera, it has expanded it, despite hard times for the art form elsewhere. Opera experts credit creative programming, solid philanthropic help and a loyal, enthusiastic audience.
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I think i commented on one of the earlier articles about the Live in HD opera productions that the met was putting on, and said that I really liked the initiative to bring their arts to more people. At the time however I thought that the only downside was that maybe some of the quality of the production would not be there in film, not that it could bankrupt the Met. I did not know at the time that the project was financed by the met, I assumed that it was by an outside entity. Hopefully the problems imposed by the costs of the filming and the possibility of it undercutting box office sales wont ruin the met forever.
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