The Canadian Opera Company has got itself in a tangle over an upcoming show of Puccini’s opera, which a Chinese-Canadian company member says he finds offensive.
The COC tasked Richaed Lee, who is of Chinese heritage and a member of the company’s equity, diversity, and inclusivity committee, with serving as a production consultant advising the creative team.
“I am not there to make changes for the artists. I’m there to go, ‘Hey, this is something that I see that I have an issue with because I think it can potentially be very hurtful for an audience that comes to watch it,'” he said on Thursday, the morning after taking in Turandot’s dress rehearsal.
“I’m interested in trying to start conversations with artists, especially artists that don’t recognize that there needs to be a change,” Lee said.
We have introduced two sites with everything you could ever want to know about two of Schubert’s great song cycles, Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise.
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will hold hearings from 30 September to 11 October into allegations concerning residential music and special schools.
The first week will focus on residential music schools. Chetham’s School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, Yehudi Menuhin School and Purcell School are the ones named.
The hearings will take place from 10am to 4.15pm at 18 Pocock Street, London SE1 0BW.
