@Amtrak I’m on a train to Boston that has so far taken four hours to get from New York Penn Station to New Rochelle. The whole trip is now projected to take eight hours. Why do little proper investment in our infrastructure?
"Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite perspective of all they've told me. Do you think that's crazy?" — the girl with the amazing ears in Haruki Murakami's novel, A Wild Sheep Chase
@MahanEsfahani@imanimosley Side topic: There's a YouTube vid of a young rapper listening to Frank Sinatra for the 1st time & really digging it. I think folks shared it b/c it was nice to see a youngun' being open-minded to older songs. I wonder how many of us could listen to rap with similarly open ears.
@DirtyPaloma I think making a recording allows you to preserve an idealized version of the opera since you can go back and fix spots as needed. But it's so expensive that I wonder if it's worth it if you're working with a limited budget. Might be better off hiring a team of videographers.
A board member asked this question and I’m still formulating the best answer I can possibly give. Now I’m curious of what you all think?
Why make an album of a new opera (for thousands of dollars) if the financial return & audience is much smaller than other forms of music?
This night at the opera has carnival games, food trucks, and aerial silks to go along with the usual operatic passion and jealousy! #PAGBLO#pagliacciblo.org/pagliacci/
Last night's final dress rehearsal for Pagliacci with Boston Lyric Opera! They turned an ice skating rink into a traveling circus with carnival games, aerial silks, and clowns! #PAGBLO#pagliacci@BostLyricOpera
Hats off to the the Kendall Square Orchestra and their Symphony for Science at Symphony Hall! Fundraiser for research to fight the terrible dementia disease, Frontal Temporal Disorders. @kendallsqorch#SymphonyForScience