A few months ago, I blogged about then-incoming New York City Opera general manager Gérard Mortier, quoting from an interview he had recently given to French public radio to try to divine what was in store for opera lovers in NYC. Frankly I was excited about the prospect of Mortier taking over NYCO and potentially launching a healthy rivalry with the Metropolitan Opera. I mean, the guy was talking about commissioning new operas and trying to get David Lynch to direct Tales of Hoffmann. This was going to be fun!
Key words: “was going to be.” Because Mortier has thrown in the towel before even starting, and on November 8 the New York Times announced he wasn’t coming to New York after all. Just what poor, beleaguered NYCO needed to recover after its current brutally truncated season… read more
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