American opera: small is the word
In Sunday's Washington Post: Smaller venues, smaller scales: Part Two of my story on new American opera.
(Last week's Part One, complete with photo gallery, is still on line.)
Related: The Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb talks about commissioning new opera.
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Anne Midgette
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July 4, 2010; 1:00 PM ET
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Posted by: ianw2 | July 6, 2010 10:31 AM | Report abuse
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I am a big fan of chamber works, and agree that they're the way of the future, particularly if you can write one with a female-heavy cast and minimal scenic requirements.
The only downside I can really see is the same one that Alan Ayckbourn highlighted in new plays- that there is an entire generation of playwrights who can't write anything other than 90 minute one-acters with no more than four actors.