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

[Alt-Sheff Collective]

JUST to follow up this - thanks for everyone who responded. It was  
unanimously "NO we shouldn't list this", for various reasons.

So I didn't - but sent a polite apology email

CHeers
Jonathan




> 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 focuse
> s 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