Opera is about men hitting on women

Opera is about men hitting on women

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norman lebrecht

September 22, 2016

That’s what you’d think from Arte’s new season promo campaign, a co-pro with the Opera Platform website.

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Think again, guys. Please.

(Right click on pic if you want enlarged version)

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:
    September 22, 2016 at 11:32 am

    Such pics will draw a new audience to the production…. which is not without danger.

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  • Max Grimm says:
    September 22, 2016 at 3:42 pm

    “Opera is about men hitting on women…
    …That’s what you’d think from Arte’s new season promo campaign, …”

    Well, if we go back to a thread and article from earlier this year, we don’t really need Arte’s new season promo campaign to think that.
    https://slippedisc.com/2016/02/three-views-on-women-in-opera-one-radical/
    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/26/is-opera-the-most-misogynistic-art-form

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  • Petros Linardos says:
    September 22, 2016 at 6:32 pm

    “The director and the opera” might be an a appropriate title for this photograph.

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