Covid saves Covent Garden from past misdeeds
mainThe press release says:
Italian conductor Evelino Pidò has withdrawn from conducting performances of La bohème (19 June–6 July 2021) due to ongoing quarantine regulations meaning he is unable to honour his artistic commitments in both London and Madrid.
In plain English, this is a hugely positive development, a win-win situation. It means international conductors cannot hop two or three times a week from conducting an opera in one city to concerts in two others, burning an ever larger hole in the ozone layer and a questionmark about their core commitment.
If Covid has taught us one lesson it is that the flying has to stop.
Pido is being replaced at Covent Garden by two house favourites – the former chorus director Renato Balsadonna (pictured) and the resident conductor and accompanist Paul Wynne Griffiths.
´If Covid has taught us one lesson it is that the flying has to stop.´
Very very true.
Music life really has to set different priorities if it wants to survive.
… Obviously you know nothing about the lives of performers!
But I do, and I quite agree. Cut out the flying, the snobbery that foreign is better, and use home talent that has been getting overlooked for far too long.
quite obvious and long overdue….but do not hold your breath……
I’m not sure what this has to do with the ozone layer.
There was a time when the ozone layer was getting damaged by CFC aerosol sprays, but since these were outlawed in the 1970s it has started to heal again.
What is it that conductors are doing to it?
Please do not counter my worldview with facts.
There is no chance that flying is going to stop. None.
If Covid has taught us one lesson it is that the flying has to stop.”
Seriously? Covid has taught us many things. The frequency of flying isn’t anywhere near the top of the list if it’s even on the list. What utter nonesense.
“If Covid has taught us one lesson it is that the flying has to stop.”
Fortunately, not for you to say.
Claptrap. What it means is that the current UK regulations will prevent world-class artists from appearing here for the time being. I don’t see that as a win-win for anyone.
We have talented world class artists in all four countries of the UK and in Ireland, but they simply get overlooked – possibly don’t shout loud enough or with an agent who barges in.
“If Covid has taught us one lesson it is that the flying has to stop.”
No, it has taught us that other people flying has to stop.