If this were Parterre.com, this post would be filed under the tag "Peter Gelb is a fucking genius." At Sieglinde's Diaries, however, we'd rather file this under "Peter Gelb is a genius fucker."Of course, more companies, including La Scala and the San Francisco Opera, have jumped in. (The Met’s head, Peter Gelb, is said to be using some hardball tactics on singers: If you appear in someone else’s broadcasts, the report goes, don’t expect to appear again at the Met.) Too much supply can potentially weaken audiences ...
"In the stream I've seen my own likeness; and now I see it again. As once it appeared in the water so now you show me my likeness!" Act I, Die Walküre
18 July 2008
Either you're with us, or against us
In a post on the multiplex broadcasts of Met performances, we stumble upon a little tidbit: