Unfortunately , Opera News magazine, which has been in existence for some 87 years , will publish its last issue this November . The magazine will be incorporated into the English magazine Opera . I've been a subscriber for many years and have been reading Opera News for over 50 years since I was a teenager .
While I haven't always agreed with opinions expressed in the magazine, it's always been extremely interesting to read and. the contributors have always been highly knowledgable people . The interviews with leading opera singers , conductors , directors , designers and administrators , as well as talented up and coming ones , have always been stimulating .
Opera News To Shut Down !
Re: Opera News To Shut Down !
LeBrecht's take:
Opera chat-sites have been remarkably dry-eyed at the closure of Opera News, the artform’s only print medium in America.
With a print-run of 32,000, of which only 9,000 were paid subscribers, the magazine’s days were numbered, its impact constricted. Whether it can survive as a baby kanga in the pouch of British-based Opera magazine is an open question. The Met has lost an historic shop-window. Over time it may have cause for regret but the realities are inescapable.
The mourners are freelance writers who received glossy exposure, PRs who have lost a showcase and divas who have nowhere else to turn.
Are there other lessons to learn?
Not many.
America has bee unable to sustain a monthly dedicated to any aspect of classical music – be it recordings, opera or concerts. Strings magazine, which knows its sector and stays close to the bridge, is the lone survivor and always well worth a read.
Opera chat-sites have been remarkably dry-eyed at the closure of Opera News, the artform’s only print medium in America.
With a print-run of 32,000, of which only 9,000 were paid subscribers, the magazine’s days were numbered, its impact constricted. Whether it can survive as a baby kanga in the pouch of British-based Opera magazine is an open question. The Met has lost an historic shop-window. Over time it may have cause for regret but the realities are inescapable.
The mourners are freelance writers who received glossy exposure, PRs who have lost a showcase and divas who have nowhere else to turn.
Are there other lessons to learn?
Not many.
America has bee unable to sustain a monthly dedicated to any aspect of classical music – be it recordings, opera or concerts. Strings magazine, which knows its sector and stays close to the bridge, is the lone survivor and always well worth a read.
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