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

[Karen]

I'm not sure how it qualifies as"alternative " so I don't think we should list it. 

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> On 16 Aug 2016, at 20:34, Chris Croome <chris at webarchitects.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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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