I am just a mere peasant. I live far away from where high opera can be produced and if I lived near, could never afford to be a subscriber or patron. I will have to settle for merely listening to opera. And what a pleasure that can be. Two nights ago I listened to Tristan and Isolde in its entirity. With CD’s great opera can be accessible to the masses and there are recordings by conductors and singers that probably cannot be matched by this generation of artists.
As a Mozart lover I am almost beyond words...I’m so upset by this!