[Alt-sheff-organising-group] Opera in Sheffield - Alt-Sheff or not Alt-Sheff?

[Chris Croome]

Hi

I dislike Opera in general and know nothing about this opera in
particular, so don't feel in a position to comment but note it is deemed
worthy of a mention here:

- https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/12/fav-d30.html

All the best

Chris

On Tue 16-Aug-2016 at 08:09:18PM +0100, Alt-Sheff Collective wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> I'm not sure about this can one or two people reply with a bit of
> decision-making guidance please?
> (Quick semi-mutual decision needed please, becase it starts in 9 days)
> 
> Here's what's been sent for listing on the website
> ===================================================
> After their huge success with La Bohème at Graves Gallery in 2014, Opera on
> Location return to one of their favourite composers and bring Giacomo
> Puccini’s much loved classic Tosca to life at the recently refurbished
> Abbeydale Picture House. Written in 1900, Tosca is undoubtedly one of the
> world’s greatest operas and is considered Puccini’s first exploration into
> realism. Focussing on aspects of real life, Tosca draws upon human emotions
> including love, jealously, anger, loyalty and loss to create its
> heartbreaking story. All accompanied with the ever stunning music of
> Puccini, it is impossible to deny the sheer majesty of this opera. Bringing
> Tosca to prohibition-era America, this production sees Tosca and her lover
> Cavaradossi caught in the middle of gang warfare. Whilst trying to protect
> his friend Angelotti, Cavaradossi puts himself in danger and is hunted down
> by the malevolent and corrupt detective; Scarpia. Knowing Cavaradossi will
> never betray his friendship, Scarpia focuses his attention on Tosca and uses
> his position to blackmail and psychologically torment the young singer until
> she tells him what he wants to know. After bargaining all that she has to
> save her lover, Tosca is forced to do unspeakable things to make sure that
> both she and Cavaradossi survive the night, but will it be enough?
> Originally opened in 1920, the Abbeydale Picture House provides the perfect
> setting for the performance. Incorporating some of the intended features of
> the cinema, such as live music, bespoke projections and moving imagery, the
> opera will be brought to life in the art-deco setting and will take
> inspiration from 1920s Sheffield, which has been dubbed England’s ‘little
> Chicago’ due to the violence in the area at the time. Join Opera on Location
> for a musical and visual delight that will stir emotion in even the hardest
> of hearts. This production will be sung in English.
> 
> 
> I think either:
> ===============
> we can put it online with some write-up about drug prohibition and
> manipulative gangsters relevant to today's society ...
> 
> OR
> ==
> 
> We can decline to list it, but seend an email something like this:
> ==================================================================
> Thanks for telling us about the music event on XXXXXXX......
> We regret that it is not the sort of item we would put on the Alt-Sheff
> website. We have discussed this as a co-operative, and obviously what you're
> doing is really good but we don't list gigs except certain benefit gigs
> (socio-political, environmental, etc.) If we did there are so many it would
> divert attention (and our time, which is entirely voluntary) from our core
> aim in running the website.
> 
> So, thank you very much for thinking to submit the event for listing on
> Alt-Sheff, really sorry to disappoint you but we hope you can understand why
> we would not choose to list it, and best wishes for the event.
> 
> Best regards,
> Alt-Sheff collective
> www.alt-sheff.org
> 
> PS in case it's any help, these are some Sheffield events listing websites
> that we sometimes refer to, perhaps you might get the gig listed here:-
> 
> http://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/events
> http://www.sheffield.towntalk.co.uk
> http://www.sheffieldmusicscene.co.uk
> 
> 
> Any comments welcomed :)
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
> 
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