Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’
The Industry’s Story of 2020
How do we even start to encapsulate this bewildering year – one that is marked by so much grieving and uncertainty? As unfathomable events that unfolded throughout 2020 were like works of fiction, bad dreams, or worse. And like all nightmares we all had to wake up, and for most of us we also had…
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“ It is the single best deal in all of opera right now, and that is taking into account the sudden riches of free opera streams from the world’s most illustrious companies.” — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Dear Friend, Working with the video team on this unexpected video version of Sweet Land has been a bittersweet experience: bitter for the…
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Despite stellar reviews and sold-out performances in our first two weeks, Sweet Land was forced to shut down two weeks ahead of schedule to stop the spread of COVID-19. With cameras as the only audience, the ensemble of Sweet Land came together for one final impassioned performance to preserve a new work the Los Angeles Times called “opera as astonishment.” A…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Update: Sweet Land Performances are Canceled
To ensure a safe and healthy environment for our community, all Sweet Land performances are canceled. We will announce information about on-demand streaming of Sweet Land next week. A letter from Yuval: In my last message Wednesday, I expressed my hope that we would still be able to perform Sweet Land based on the recommendations of The County of Los…
Read MoreSweet Land and COVID-19
Note: there’s a more recent post on this topic. A letter from Yuval: Dear Friend, We are humbled by the ecstatic response that Sweet Land has elicited in the press and among our audiences — since our last update, we received acclaim in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and LA Weekly. Yet we are also, like you, concerned about the health and safety…
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