These offensive operas require audience warnings

These offensive operas require audience warnings

Opera

norman lebrecht

July 13, 2023

We have received an official-looking list from a Westminster address.

Dear

In view of the commendable warning notice posted by WNO on the unseemly Candide, we recommend the following advisories to be issued with operas performed at ACE-funded companies.

Opera Warning
Marriage of Figaro Infidelity
Fidelio False transgender representation
William Tell Food waste
L’elisir d’Amore Drug taking
Nabucco Zionism
Ring of the Nibelungen Incest, disability abuse, female immolation
Otello Racial stereotyping
Falstaff Fattism
Tosca Rape, torture, mattress abuse
Jenufa Child murder
The Makropoulos Case Ageism
Lulu Anti-feminism
Porgy and Bess Cultural appropriation
Peter Grimes EU fishing law, child abuse
Billy Budd Naval language
Death of Klinghoffer Disability issues, anti-terrorism

Thank you for your cooperation.

Dr Fayre Meaner-Person
Westminster

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