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criticism on fridays

Oct 15, 2021

Criticism on Fridays: Safety First?

Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most essential topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. This year, the most active and fanciest part of an opera season revolved around the opening. The theatres didn’t want to take many risks, so they put on the loudest {…}

Jan 22, 2021

Criticism on Fridays: Connecting the Opera Industry

(Photo: Kari Shea) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future.  Almost five years ago, working on a social news media product concept, I wrote: “It starts with a whisper…” I remember, this single phrase won {…}

Jan 15, 2021

Criticism on Fridays: The Apparent Well-Being of German Musicians

(Photo: Jon Tyson) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future.  This week, I tried to flee from the grave feelings I experienced last week working on my piece about the situation with the Met Orchestra {…}

Jan 8, 2021

Criticism on Fridays: Re: Metropolitan Opera Outsourcing

(Photo: Dmitry Lyapustin) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future.  The way you enter the New Year sets the tone for the whole year ahead, the old superstition said.  And I wonder whether we should {…}

Dec 30, 2020

Inter-Holiday Criticism: New Year’s Resolution

(Photo: Danielle Macinnes) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors.  The opera industry was having {…}

Dec 18, 2020

Criticism on Fridays: South African Opera Singers in Crisis

(Photo: Im4theArts) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors.  Today I watched numerous videos of {…}

Dec 11, 2020

Criticism on Fridays: The End of the Year

(Photo: David Beale) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors.  With the end of the {…}

Nov 27, 2020

Criticism on Fridays: Opera Journalism in Times of Crisis

(Photo: Hasan Almasi) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors.  “Through the stories we tell {…}

Nov 20, 2020

Criticism on Fridays: European Culture Bailout 2021–2027

Photo by Daniel Thiele Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors.  Last week, a €1.8 trillion {…}

Nov 13, 2020

Criticism on Fridays: Revising the Canon

(Art by Zuleyka V. Benitez, used with permission from Haymarket Opera Company) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted {…}

Nov 6, 2020

Criticism on Fridays: November Protests in Europe

(Photos from protests in Bologna by soprano Federica Vitali) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s {…}

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