{"id":15644,"date":"2013-08-03T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=15644"},"modified":"2013-08-03T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T17:34:26","slug":"singer-files-suit-against-met-opera-over-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=15644","title":{"rendered":"“Singer Files Suit Against Met Opera Over Fall”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy White, a wonderful mezzo-soprano whom I’ve heard many times at the Met, is suing the Met Opera<\/a> because she took a bad fall off a wonky platform part of which collapsed during a performance of Faust.\u00a0<\/em>Her injuries have apparently persisted over almost two years.<\/p>\n

I missed Faust<\/em> \u2014 the production, I’ve heard, is marvelous but I’m not nuts about Gounod and I don’t go to the Met for the productions. A friend told me about the current Faust<\/em>, though, and I’ve seen photographs of the alarming scaffolding. The Met has put on a number of operas lately with complex and rather scary sets on which the singers often have to scramble around. Damnation du Faust<\/em>, with its scaffolding and narrow platforms (and acrobats on ropes slithering head-first up and and down) is one; Orfeo<\/em>, another and then there’s the current Ring cycle’s la machina<\/em>, a demon far more alarming than the Fafner-dragon.<\/p>\n

The old G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung<\/em> set once broke Hildegard Behren’s arm as she rushed into the funeral pyre.<\/p>\n

I feel really bad for Wendy White. Maybe the Met needs to reconsider its exciting production scenery. Why does it think operas are more thrilling with a fear factor? Opera should not be a reality TV show. I’ve always thought the music is the draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wendy White, a wonderful mezzo-soprano whom I’ve heard many times at the Met, is suing the Met Opera because she took a bad fall off a wonky platform part of which collapsed during a performance of Faust.\u00a0Her injuries have apparently … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[213],"class_list":["post-15644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-personal-injury-lawsuits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t