tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post92719953108332770..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: Opera is like FootballDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-32080719221954186502012-12-11T00:17:52.670-05:002012-12-11T00:17:52.670-05:00I have been contemplating the writings about Jonat...I have been contemplating the writings about Jonathan Miller I posted recently. He imagines himself to be important. Perhaps in his original context he actually is important. But in opera he is quite a distance down the list of who is important.<br /><br />It's like football. An owner carefully amasses a roster of outstanding players in the hope that his team will win. Then he hires a coach to train them. The opera stars are the players and Jonathan Miller is the coach. If there is a problem, no one fires the players. For one thing in the world of opera it is the players who sell the tickets.<br /><br />************<br /><br />AGREED!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com