cellokitty t1_j6xnjch wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:56 PM

Conductors are on Reddit now too?? Where are we going to complain about The Establishment now 😁 Just kidding! How do you find the differences between European and American opera houses, and how do you think we could have more opera performances outside large opera houses?

sandiegoopera OP t1_j6xq71x wrote on February 2, 2023 at 5:13 PM

Yup, we’re here too now!

European houses are generally funded by their governments, so there are many more performances, much more wide ranging repertoire being performed (as they don’t worry whether a title is popular or not and will sell tickets). In America, there are fewer companies and fewer performances because of cost. Private funding is limited. The trend in the last few decades has been to present opera in many different venues. Warehouses, parking lots, small black box theaters, etc. there’s no end to people’s creativity when they are bit by the opera bug!