Klarinet Archive - Posting 000531.txt from 2004/10
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net> Subj: Re: [kl] Opera productions that should be damned - and Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:07:26 -0400
At 05:46 PM 10/19/2004 -0400, Patricia Smith wrote:
>That's something that has always perplexed me as well: why ruin something
>that is fine the way it is by trying to turn it into affected quasi-pop
>trash? I mean, all we need to do to see what you describe is turn on MTV
>at any time of the day or night; no need to get a $50.00 opera ticket for it.
Presumably, it is in a misguided attempt to entice the MTV crowd to attend
the opera. (Yeah, THAT will happen!)
Bill Hausmann
If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
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