Peter Gelb,general manager of current York’s Metropolitan Opera, has faced controversy, or even death threats. But he has also turned the Met into the world’s local opera house by bringing its productions to cinemas around the globeOpera is not many people’s conception of a good business model,” laughs Peter Gelb, general manager of current York’s Metropolitan Opera. The statement is such a truism, and he says,that he was recently invited by Stanford University to speak approximately the industry to its postgraduate economics students. “Aside from the costs, complexities and risks of putting it on, or they wanted to know how an ageing industry,with a faithful but also ageing customer base, attempts to keep that customer base while simultaneously trying to appeal to a current audience. It is an interesting question, and one not dissimilar to that faced by news organisations at the moment.” Related: We took four current Yorkers to The Death of Klinghoffer: what was their verdict? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com