Hey y’all.
So the CC4NYCO press conference was a huge success!
On Friday, we drew a modest but engaged crowd at the Center for Work-Life Policy at Columbus Circle (special props to Sylvia Anne Hewlett for being an amazing hostess!) to discuss our plans to restore New York City Opera to its rightful place as the presenter of affordable and forward-looking opera for the people of New York.
You can read the full text of our proposal here.
As you can see, Fox 5 News showed up!
I was inspired by the questions that came up during the Q&A, as I am inspired by the number of insightful comments that are coming in at this blog, as well as over at Parterre.com.
For those of you who don’t know, Parterre.com is a virtual think tank of opera aficionados and experts, drawn together by the opera intelligence and carousing commentary of the site’s “doyenne,” La Cieca. Why NYCO doesn’t have a full-time staff position to liaise with Parterre is beyond me.
There seems naturally to be springing a groundswell of support for the cause of rescuing the New York City Opera. I am both humbled by this, and emboldened.
It isn’t that there is a shortage of creative and plausible ideas for how to save City Opera. It’s that there currently isn’t a leadership in place that know how to harness them, and turn them into creative and effective policy.
In the coming week, CC4NYCO will be planning a discussion event that will be open to the public. We encourage all readers, opera lovers, fans of NYCO, board members, creatives and vagabonds alike to come and join us to discuss the future of New York City Opera.
The drum beats. The people stir. And a New York City Opera rises from the ash!
The Counter Critic
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