There is a general feeling in the operatic world at large that what contemporary opera needs is to become more approachable for the many and less original for the few.

ECONOMIST: Contemporary opera

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If contemporary opera is to begin to thrive, it needs first of all the full theatres which were Verdi's criterion for success.

ECONOMIST: Contemporary opera