From the Wall Street Journal \'s Opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt--and what it means for the Future of the arts In October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera--"the people\'s opera"--had finally succumbed to financial hardship after 70 years in operation.
The company had been a fixture on the national Opera scene--as the populist antithesis of the grand Me.
From the Wall Street Journal \'s Opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt--and what it means for the Future of the arts In October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera--"the people\'s opera"--had finally succumbed to financial hardship after 70 years in operation