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The Metropolitan Opera

Peter Gelb and His Met: No Booing Please

David Finkle | Posted 10.11.2009 | Entertainment

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David Finkle

What occurs to me about the booing is that it might begin to color attitudes towards the Met under Peter Gelb for whom this 2009-10 season is the first with no vestigial ties to Joseph Volpe.

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If This is Monday and Opera in Central Park, Why the Microphones?

David Finkle | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York

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David Finkle

My question, then, is: Whom are the presenters doing a favor by offering these recitals? Opera lovers will know they aren't hearing singing done under the proper conditions.

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