TonyDown Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) Operawire.com reported LA Opera scrapped their plan to premier The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay due to financial challenges. The ambitious production became too expensive. I'm sad to hear this. Anyone that has read the Micheal Chabon novel might not be surprised. Quite an epic, complicated story. Edited February 4 by TonyDown sydneyboy, Marc in Calif and thomas 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutherland Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Opera has always been financially challenging, even in the times of Verdi and Puccini when composers still gave the audiences hummable tunes. The era of Haydn being supported by Prince Esterhazy and Wager supported by King Ludwig of Bavaria had some merit + Charlie and Marc in Calif 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc in Calif Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 20 hours ago, sutherland said: The era of Haydn being supported by Prince Esterhazy and Wager supported by King Ludwig of Bavaria had some merit But King Ludwig always found it difficult to bet on this Wager guy. Sorry, I couldn't resist. ☺️ + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutherland Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Marc in Calif - that is too clever for me to take offense Marc in Calif, + Charlie and mike carey 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Just Sayin Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I tried to read Chabon's novel years ago, but it somehow didn't click with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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