Operatic upturn as Houston bucks the Gelb gloom

Operatic upturn as Houston bucks the Gelb gloom

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norman lebrecht

June 11, 2014

Houston Grand Opera has announced a three percent audience increase this season and 92 percent capacity sales.

It’s a narrative that contradicts Peter Gelb’s gloom-and-doom line about the inevitable decline of the opera audience and the threat of bankruptcy at the Met.

Houston has also raised $165 million in donations. Full numbers here.

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