In the last decade on several occasions subscribers to Seattle Opera, of which I was the General Director, commented to me that they enjoyed opera, wanted others to experience it, but that it would be so much more popular if I would make it considerably shorter. The suggested time was somewhere less than two hours, including a generous intermission. And the operas that were mentioned to be trimmed … [Read more...]
Speight Jenkins on the art of Opera
An ArtsJournal Blog