Critics are getting laid off left and right these days. What might that mean for the future? Google "La Sonnambula Met Zimmerman" to find out. Mary Zimmerman's production of Bellini's opera opened at the Met last night, and critic Mike Silverman was there. A search of the production yields page after page of the headline "Met Opera Makes Travesty of 'La Sonnambula.'" Silverman's review has been carried on dozens of news web sites, from FoxNews to CBS to The Denver Post to MSN. Zimmerman imposed a "play-within-a-play" structure on the opera, and Silverman (and the audience, which loudly booed Zimmerman and her production team) didn't like it.
I've not seen it. And I might even agree. But is there really a chance for conversation amid this one-man chorus of disapproval? Something to remember as more critics are laid off.
AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard
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