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INBELLA<p>The Inspirations Behind the Met Opera’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1047023/the-inspirations-behind-the-met-operas-antony-and-cleopatra/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/1047023/the-inspir</span><span class="invisible">ations-behind-the-met-operas-antony-and-cleopatra/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Adams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adams</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Beyonc%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beyoncé</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Busby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Busby</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebritiesNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelebritiesNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Claudette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claudette</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/costumes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costumes</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Elizabeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elizabeth</span></a>(19322011) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Elkhanah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elkhanah</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/John" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>John</span></a>(1947) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/knowles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowles</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Lien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lien</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/mimi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mimi</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opera</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Pulitzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pulitzer</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Taylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taylor</span></a></p>
Richard Rathe<p>I went to my first "in theater" opera performance yesterday...</p><p>Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart (one of my all time top three favorites!) 👍 💕 </p><p>A group of us attended "together" in three different cities (with texting/calls at intermission and afterward). Fun!</p><p><a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/2024-25-season/le-nozze-di-figaro/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metopera.org/season/in-cinemas</span><span class="invisible">/2024-25-season/le-nozze-di-figaro/</span></a></p><p>It was outstanding of course. There were about ten little glitches in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> stream, but the sound was excellent.</p><p>I wasn't too keen on the "modern" 1930s staging, but that is a minor point.</p><p>I would consider making this a habit! 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TheMet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMet</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mozart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozart</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MarriageOfFigaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarriageOfFigaro</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>The Conductor Joana Mallwitz Mixes Intensity With Approachability <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/884840/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/884840/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a>(Germany) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContentType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentType</span></a>:PersonalProfile <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Joana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joana</span></a>(1986) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KonzerthausBerlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KonzerthausBerlin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LeNozzeDiFigaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeNozzeDiFigaro</span></a>(Opera) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mallwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mallwitz</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in 36 years. Blue, now 40, debuted at the Met in 2017 as Mimi in Puccini’s “La Boheme” and has become a fixture at the house, starring in two opening nights and this fall portraying the lead character in Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar.” ABC News reports: <br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/soprano-angel-blue-sings-metropolitan-opera-aida-new-117086246" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/w</span><span class="invisible">ireStory/soprano-angel-blue-sings-metropolitan-opera-aida-new-117086246</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Soprano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soprano</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AngelBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AngelBlue</span></a></p>
LuhrsandAssociates<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MondayMotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MondayMotivation</span></a></p><p>📣 Start the week listening to beautiful music. Enjoy grand opera with this excerpt of Metropolitan Opera legend Lucine Amara and Albert Da Costa singing "O Fatal Pietra... O terra addio!" by Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. </p><p>👩‍🎤 Click here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/v4wn6p9v" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/v4wn6p9v</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Ms. Amara performed the role of Aida in opera houses around the world, including 61 times at the Metropolitan Opera!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LucineAmara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LucineAmara</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Aida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aida</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Verdi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verdi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AlbertDaCosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertDaCosta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/singer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/operasinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operasinger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Next Week's Met Opera broadcast will be John Adams's oratorio, el Nino. Looking forward to it.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Enjoying this morning’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones. We’ve loved Blanchard’s music for film and video: so it’s a treat to experience this opera on <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/classicalKINGFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classicalKINGFM</span></a> I’m loving his melodic creativity. <a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/?gad_source=1&amp;gclsrc=ds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metopera.org/season/2023-24-se</span><span class="invisible">ason/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/?gad_source=1&amp;gclsrc=ds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/TerenceBlanchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerenceBlanchard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesBlow</span></a></p>
John L. Roberson<p>NEW LISTING! FIXED PRICE!<br>Check out this new hard to find item in my big sale to help pay my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>!<br> <br><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/296364494695" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ebay.com/itm/296364494695</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dvd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dvd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philipglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philipglass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metropolitanopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metropolitanopera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classicalmusic</span></a></p>
Keith<p>Don Alvaro has come straight from a Pearl Jam gig. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opera</span></a></p>
Keith<p>I didn't understand what the sexy fascist hares represented. But I did enjoy that bit. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opera</span></a></p>
Keith<p>Either I am pissed or the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> revolving stage is going round at 78rpm. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opera</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>I'm going down to <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> tomorrow for my uncle's birthday and taking him to the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opera</span></a>, opening night of La Forza del Destino at the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a>. He's been a huge opera fan for most of his life, and he can't really get there on his own anymore, and I think this may be the first time he's going since the start of the pandemic, so this is a Big Deal. I am a bundle of nerves; there's so much that could go wrong! 1/6</p>
iokevins<p>Listening to Ode to Joy on KDFC 🎶🎼🎻🎺🎤👄👨‍👦‍👦</p><p>Mozart and Beethoven in Concert at the Met</p><p>Mozart’s Requiem from February 24, 2023 and the finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 from March 14, 2022<br>Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Golda Schultz, Emily D’Angelo, Dmytro Popov, Vladyslav Buialskyi / Elza van den Heever, Jamie Barton, Piotr Beczala, Ryan Speedo Green</p><p>In support of Ukraine and its defense 🇺🇦</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/arts/music/met-opera-ukraine.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2022/03/15/arts/mu</span><span class="invisible">sic/met-opera-ukraine.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDFC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OdeToJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OdeToJoy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beethoven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beethoven</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Classical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Classical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Listening to <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ClassicalKINGFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalKINGFM</span></a> Florencia in the Amazon. We saw a production years ago <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SeattleOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeattleOpera</span></a> Beautiful music, singing.</p>
Starchy Compliment<p>"Three of the operas that WCPE plans to reject in the 2023-24 season were written by Black or Mexican composers. This past April, WCPE also refused to broadcast another Met-produced opera written by a Black composer that included LGBTQ themes."</p><p>N Carolina Radio Station Maps Nix of 'Inappropriate' Met Opera Broadcasts</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/</span><span class="invisible">met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina</span></a> via NPR<br>Image: Nonesuch via eBay<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Met" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Met</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MetOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetOpera</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetropolitanOpera</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a></p>
David Boles<p>My delightful wife<a href="https://bolesbooks.com/sweenie.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Janna Sweenie</a> and I are big lovers of opera. Opera is the pinnacle of all the Performing Arts — Painting, Acting, Voice, Costumes, Lights and Sets — and when put together, in unison, in an exaggerated and elevated performance, the entire world glows and resonates! We have always been dismayed that opera is not often, if ever, interpreted in American Sign Language for the Deaf like <a href="https://bolesblogs.com/2002/11/02/juilliard-interpreter-training/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">all Broadway shows are interpreted</a>. Janna and I are currently working on our “Opera Project” where she will present ASL renderings of famous opera arias. We will place those performances online as proof-of-concept. This is a challenging, but rewarding, and complex academic process of <a href="https://bolesblogs.com/2009/12/23/the-dying-artful-adaptation/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">interpretation and adaptation</a>, and implementation.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here are some of the dramatic, visual, description-rich arias we plan to present in ASL. We will begin with:</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/l1C8NFDdFYg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">O mio babbino caro</a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1C8NFDdFYg]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/2J7JM0tGgRY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Una Furtiva Lacrima</a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J7JM0tGgRY]</p><p>Here are other arias we plan to perform — these recommendations are thanks to our friends in the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/opera/comments/13tdtbs/opera_in_asl_translation/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reddit /opera group</a> — many who who believe in us and who are helping us:</p><p><em><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Der Holle Rache</a></span></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ]</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em><span>L’amour est un oiseau rebelle</span></em></a></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/zh6RS-abaMg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre</span></a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh6RS-abaMg]</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXuxkrcW62E" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em><span>Madre diletta abbracciami</span></em></a></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXuxkrcW62E]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/OkHGUaB1Bs8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>Che gelida manina</span></a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkHGUaB1Bs8]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/dtL8eVTnNyA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>Ariadne auf Naxos</span></a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtL8eVTnNyA]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/umFPxL52QoE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>Pif, Paf, Pouf</span></a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFPxL52QoE]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/Rs3dPaz9nAo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major-General</span></a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs3dPaz9nAo]</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/i__XsGDYpb0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span><em>Non, Pagliaccio Non Son</em></span></a></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i__XsGDYpb0]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/tACTn-reWJM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tu qui, Santuzza</a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tACTn-reWJM]</p><p><em><a href="https://youtu.be/4Ou5L_BsYOM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>In Questa Reggia</span></a></em></p><p>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou5L_BsYOM]</p><p>If you have a favorite opera aria you think would make a good, dramatic, visual, ASL performance, please leave a comment here, or <a href="https://bolesblogs.com/contact/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">send us a note</a>!</p><p>In the spirit of this dramatic ASL aria project, we sent a letter to <a href="https://www.metopera.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Metropolitan Opera in New York City</a> asking if we might help them set up select American Sign Language interpreted performances. We were not able to find a single point of contact for that request at The Met, so if you happen to know someone there who might be amenable to our request, <a href="https://bolesblogs.com/contact/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">please get in touch with us</a>!</p><p></p><p>What follows is the letter Janna and I submitted to The Met asking them to let us work with them to create select, accessible, ASL interpreted opera performances for the Deaf.</p><p></p><p><strong>American Sign Language Interpreted Performances at The Met</strong></p><p><strong>Hi There!</strong></p><p><strong>Will you allow the Deaf to sing at The Met?</strong></p><p><strong>We apologize for including more than one point of contact for this inquiry, but we didn’t know who is responsible for accessibility for performances at The Met, and we didn’t want this message to get blackholed, and finding specific email addresses has proven a challenge. If we don’t have the right person, might you please forward this email to the correct point?</strong></p><p><strong>My wife and I are interested in providing American Sign Language interpreted performances for The Met.</strong></p><p><strong>My wife, Janna Sweenie, originally from Iowa, is Deaf and has been teaching ASL for 50 years. For the last 35 years, she has been teaching ASL at NYU and at other major universities in the Tri-State area. She is a language pioneer, and served as a Julliard/TDF instructor for interpreting Broadway musicals for interpreters from around the world. Janna also finds jobs for the disabled as a rehabilitation counselor for the State of New York.</strong></p><p><strong>I am Hearing, and I have written several ASL books with Janna. I created the ASL program at CUNY-SPS, and I operate the HardcoreASL.com and sosASL.com websites. I also teach American Sign Language, Theatre, Dramatic Literature, and Public Health. Fresh from Nebraska, I started in New York City as a graduate student at Columbia. I was Peter Stone’s associate. I was Al Carmine’s librettist and lyricist. Milos Foreman and I worked together on film theory in performance. Liviu Ciulei and I collaborated on my Wozzeck adaptation. I was an editor and consultant for Helen Merrill. I fixed dramaturgical structure for Marty Richards and Sam Crothers at The Producer Circle. Since then, I’ve written several books on a variety of topics, done a lot of teaching, and I am now embedded in AI Art, Voice, and Performance research, and revolution.</strong></p><p><strong>Janna and I both admire and appreciate opera, and we would really like to provide live ASL interpretation – stage right in the audience near the stage – for select Met performances. We are not seeking payment, we are just hoping to open a dialogue, and perhaps even begin a relationship with – The Met – to see if you are at least willing to try out this idea in some meaningful way for the Deaf Community.</strong></p><p><strong>Here are a couple of common concerns you may have:</strong></p><p><strong>1. You already provide text captions. Text captions are not ASL and text captions are for Hearing people who don’t understand the language being presented on stage. ASL is a visual language, and many Deaf people do not have good English comprehension, and so providing interpreted performances in ASL, in their language, honors their Culture, and facilitates inclusion in the experience. ASL grammar and syntax are more French than English. ASL was invented by Laurent Clerc, a French speaker. ASL does not equal English text.</strong></p><p><strong>2. You stream HD Video and Open Captions. Interview portions of the shows are not captioned. Text translation captions during the performance are not a substitute for experiencing a live performance. The Deaf have the right to be provided the same in-person opera experience that the Hearing audience is able to enjoy in real time, in the same building, with the orchestra and on stage performers. Few realize how much the Deaf enjoy the sounds of music and the vibrations of live music. The Deaf see with their eyes; the Deaf sing with their hands. The Deaf Community appreciates a full, immersive, experience that can easily be provided if you give us a chance to make this happen.</strong></p><p><strong>3. The Deaf Community isn’t interested in opera. Sometimes, as Steve Jobs famously said, “People don’t know what they want until they have it.” Opera is the same way for the Deaf. There has been no exposure to the music, no teaching of the ideal, no attendance of the aesthetic. Many Deaf have no clue what they’re missing in an interpreted opera experience at The Met. We can solve that with you. We can demonstrate the beauty of the Art and bring in a whole new audience of appreciation.</strong></p><p><strong>For many years, all Broadway shows have been live interpreted via the TDF. We understand The Met has been kind, and wonderful, in providing disabled wheelchair access for performances. Why doesn’t The Met offer the same, disabled, groundbreaking inclusion of the Deaf? You can if you decide in favor of a reasonable accessibility.</strong></p><p><strong>If you have any questions or concerns for us, we are delighted to answer them in email or in person.</strong></p><p><strong>Janna and I would love to have a meeting with you to discuss the viability of this idea. Janna will even do a live, ASL interpreted, presentation of “O mio babbino caro” for you if you are interested.</strong></p><p><strong>We realize ASL interpreted Met performances will require many hours of preparation on our side – the translation from the original language to English to ASL will be important to get right, and we will work with you to get there – as well as also involving several accommodations on your side; but we know this should be important to The Met, and for the Deaf community, to finally be brought together to unite in unison of purpose and performance.</strong></p><p><strong>Yes, together, we can help the Deaf sing at The Met!</strong></p><p><strong>Best Wishes,</strong></p><p><strong>David Boles</strong><br><strong>Janna Sweenie</strong></p><p></p><p>We have yet to receive a response from The Metropolitan Opera. 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