Give it to the people, the whole center. Invitation Only, book musicals the public can afford. allow schools to book trips there to see Opera and have Q&A after. If they want to continue the Arts they'll have to engage New followers.
This isnβt rebellion. Itβs entitlement theater. A board that doesnβt carry payroll, losses, or risk just voted to βleaveβ the entity paying the bills. Thatβs not courage. Thatβs denial with a press release. You donβt declare independence from your lifeboat while still standing in it. Opera is brutally expensive. The Kennedy Center absorbed WNO because it was broke, not because it lacked vibes. Demanding autonomy without capital isnβt liberation. Itβs a slow-motion collapse dressed up as moral resistance. Independence requires money, governance, and risk tolerance. Until the opera can fund itself, this vote is just ideology trying to outvote arithmeticβand losing.
Having been in the chorus for community opera (VERY low budget) I know that serious opera is extremely expensive. Renting the Trump/Kennedy center and paying all the principals and crew has to be insane. The crew is probably union, too, and of course the orchestra is.
So how could an opera company possibly afford it unless they own the theater & the ground under it?
For myself Im tired of being the β SAP β left holding the bag for another liberal group who expect John Q. Public to finance their failed , corrupt organization to achieve their illusions of solvency . The WASHINGTON OPERA COMPANY is not part of the Trump-Kennedy. Center , if is a non - profit that canβt even reach a break even point .
Radio Legend Paul Harvey would capture the audience with the usual targeted knee jerk reactions to topical news coverage, then hold you over a commercial to hear the, βRest of the Storyβ.
Give it to the people, the whole center. Invitation Only, book musicals the public can afford. allow schools to book trips there to see Opera and have Q&A after. If they want to continue the Arts they'll have to engage New followers.
Always amazing to see how much squawking when a deadbeat is called out.
How do the performers feel about this move? Sounds like they cut off their nose to spite their face.
If they violate a contract, sue them.
This isnβt rebellion. Itβs entitlement theater. A board that doesnβt carry payroll, losses, or risk just voted to βleaveβ the entity paying the bills. Thatβs not courage. Thatβs denial with a press release. You donβt declare independence from your lifeboat while still standing in it. Opera is brutally expensive. The Kennedy Center absorbed WNO because it was broke, not because it lacked vibes. Demanding autonomy without capital isnβt liberation. Itβs a slow-motion collapse dressed up as moral resistance. Independence requires money, governance, and risk tolerance. Until the opera can fund itself, this vote is just ideology trying to outvote arithmeticβand losing.
Superb journalism
No they just left another Trump Failed Business. π
Is that the fat lady I just heard singing for the WNO?
Having been in the chorus for community opera (VERY low budget) I know that serious opera is extremely expensive. Renting the Trump/Kennedy center and paying all the principals and crew has to be insane. The crew is probably union, too, and of course the orchestra is.
So how could an opera company possibly afford it unless they own the theater & the ground under it?
Looks like we've gotten to the part of the opera where the fat lady sings.
Trump should not have put his name on center. That was performative posturing too, and Trump excels at that.
Truly Divine Comedy! π€£
My catchphrase is βmarket floor tantrum.β Multiple generations of Westerners are about to receive an epic spanking.
For myself Im tired of being the β SAP β left holding the bag for another liberal group who expect John Q. Public to finance their failed , corrupt organization to achieve their illusions of solvency . The WASHINGTON OPERA COMPANY is not part of the Trump-Kennedy. Center , if is a non - profit that canβt even reach a break even point .
Radio Legend Paul Harvey would capture the audience with the usual targeted knee jerk reactions to topical news coverage, then hold you over a commercial to hear the, βRest of the Storyβ.
It was always worth the wait!
So was this post, thank you.
OTOH Mr Harvey was the acknowledged premier vector of urban legend -- which did not detract from the fun.
Performative posturing positioned to politicize poltroons. Perpetually.
Sorry, I'm on an alliteration kick atm.