The Met’s Verdi Requiem is cut off by PBS

The Met’s Verdi Requiem is cut off by PBS

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norman lebrecht

September 12, 2021

The Public Broadcasting Service of the United States sold its public short last night by cutting off the 9/11 Metropolitan Opera’s Verdi Requiem in many states a couple of minutes before its conclusion.

Apparently it was overrunning the scheduled time and some advertisements might have missed their slots.

Can anyone recall a similar dereliction?

 

UPDATE: In response to protests, PBS have made the complete performance- with cut-off ending – available free to view here.

UPDATE2: PBS say sorry, we screwed up

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