Word: metropolitanism
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...orchestra pit of any opera house is best heard from, not seen. That was not the case last week, as the Paris Opéra opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House and Milan's La Scala moved into Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center. It was the first visit to the U.S. for both the storied companies, and in both pits there was unexpected drama on opening night...
...became a fierce guardian of his works. She felt she was in communion with his spirit and refused to release the nearly finished third act of his last opera, Lulu, which is usually pieced together from dialogue and Berg's music for performances. It will be presented by the Metropolitan Opera for the first time this winter...
...faculty from different departments can discuss major educational topics. "At too many places," he says, "individual departments function as noncommunicating intellectual fiefdoms." O'Brien plans to teach one course for seniors called "Last Chance Philosophy" and to invite representatives of such institutions as CBS, U.S. Steel or the Metropolitan Opera to participate in courses examining the roles they play. The purpose: to bring students closer to "the realities of American society...
...importing and exporting of opera companies is perhaps the most unlikely growth industry in the world today. Just moving an opera company across town is a money-losing proposition; to transport one across an ocean, lock, stock and spears, is to risk bankruptcy. Yet in 1975 the Metropolitan Opera flew to Japan, and both the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bolshoi Opera visited the U.S. And now, beginning this week, two of Europe's most important opera companies will be mounting productions in the U.S. for the first time. Whatever the outcome of the new musical season, nothing...
...Scala of Milan will start things off in Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center Opera House. Next evening the Paris Opera will open at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Putting its best forte forward, La Scala will offer-what else?-three Italians named Rossini, Puccini and Verdi. Showing somewhat less of a nationalistic strain, Paris will borrow Verdi for a while, and also offer Mozart the Austrian and, just to avoid outrage back home, France's own Charles Gounod...