Opera replaces car-smash leader
mainKentucky Opera has named Dallas Opera artistic administrator Ian Derrer to be its next general director.
He succeeds David Roth (below) who died a year ago when he suffered a heart attack while driving.
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This is a pretty offensive and inconsiderate headline. David was a wonderful leader for the KO organization and should be remembered as more than a “car smash”…whatever the hell that means….
Question. So if music critic dies in a car-smash, his Obituary will read “Car-Smash Writer Replaced by Hollywood Gossip Columnist”?
That headline must be the new style, in line with Brexit strategies, a signal to the world that we are England and say it as we please.