21 Oct 2008

New Opera? Great Idea. Good Luck!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/arts/music/12tomm.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI [NY Times, 10 October 2008]
I HAVE seldom been as rattled by a question as I was last month, when I visited an arts criticism class at the University of Southern California. A thoughtful student asked me why I dislike most new operas.