US soprano back’s out, can’t fly
OperaMessage from the Philharmonia Orchestra in London:
Unfortunately, Julia Bullock has injured her back and is unable to travel. She regrets that she is unable to perform with us this week.
On Wednesday 31 January and Thursday 1 February, Anu Komsi will join us to sing Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. We are very grateful to her for stepping in at short notice.
Unfortunately, we have to cancel the performance of Julia’s project History’s Persistent Voice on Friday 2 February, which was to include the premiere of Cassie Kinoshi’s new work Blue Skies, Bluer Seas.
I understand the pun on ‘backs out’ with the click bait title, but this makes it seem like she purposely pulled out of the performance, with no sensitivity that there was a medical situation.
#triggered?
Seriously, some folks have gotten the Pavlov reaction of feeling offended and complaining for LITERALLY EVERYTHING it dilutes the very causes they claim to champion. Re-read ‘the boy who cried wolf” a couple of times again – seems you didn’t get the point.
And yes, I’m writing that as a minority – before you go on responding assuming I’m some sort of cliched persona that makes your eyeballs pop out in ire.
You’re hurting the cause with comments like these….
I thought it was clever, and there was no attempt to conceal her medical situation. Back injuries are the worst. I wish her a speedy recovery. It’ll help if she has a sense of humour.
The apostrophe makes it clear, which I think is rather clever. Thank goodness for correctly used aphostrophes !
Enlighten us as to why the Philharmonia needs to fly in a mediocre American when there are plenty of Europeans who’d do better? Unless it’s just to get her for her “justice” or grievance appeal or whatever it is, since that’s her actual grist mill.
Doesn’t she live in Germany?
She does. She also pulled out of her premiere at the DNO of The Shell Trial, which she was to co-produce. But she’s singing El Nino at the Met in April….
Slipped Disc likes to use puns and play with words. Just roll your eyes and laugh. The first sentence of the story says she injured her back.
She is a diva and this is not a surprise
Try reading the post rather than just the headline.
Why feel people the urge to have their senseless thoughts speculation printed when they are ignorant about facts?
But isn’t it nice to have one’s senseless thoughts speculation printed without being hindered by facts? (here I see my PA rolling with her eyes)
I don’t get it, of course she can’t fly, that’s why we have planes.
Sally