[bboop]

I have totally stopped going to the opera. Here in Los Angeles, they adore these German existentialist directors, who put underpants on the singers and make political statements out of Mozart and Verdi.

At the last one I attended, when the director came out, I warned my husband and then I boo’ed loudly. A lot of people joined me.

The PR folks told me that ‘people just love our innovative settings.’ My friend, who sings in the chorus, said people hated them and there was ALWAYS booing.

What if you gave an opera and NOBODY comes...

[Leisler]

Music today is so processed that the popular ear for voice is lost. Opera is pretty high end for most tastes, but again, vocal arts sub opera are a wasteland. If you don't have schools, voice farm teams as it were, if you don't have trained and knowing audience in any great number, you shouldn't be surprised that you don't have many Opera fans.

This production actually confirms this, as it is really first and foremost a costume production with some voice acts.