Opera
Stephen Sondheim, Jessye Norman and a "Mount Rushmore of Music" Celebrate Leonard Bernstein at Carnegie Gala
Embattled San Diego Opera Raises 30% of $1 Million Crowdfunding Goal in 3 Days
San Diego Opera launched a crowdfunding campaign on Friday, April 25 with the goal of raising $1 million by May 19 to ensure the company has a 2015 season. As of Monday evening, the campaign had raised about 30 percent of that goal. With 21 days left to go, the odds are looking good. 10 More Years: Alberto Vilar, Met Opera Money Manager and Valery Gergiev Crony, Gets Longer U.S. Prison Sentence
Judge Richard J. Sullivan recently granted an extended curfew to disgraced businessman Alberto Vilar, so that he could attend the Metropolitan Opera's own scandal-ridden performance of 'Eugene Onegin.' Now...Sullivan is extending Vilar's sentence for 10 more years.
