David Gockley’s Exit Interview: The State Of Opera

“Certainly I think the HD gets people to focus on the Met, appearing at the Met. But it’s expensive, and it doesn’t make its money back. It makes some of it back. And I think we agree that DVDs, their days are numbered, and even HD, the days may be numbered, and that streaming into the home onto devices is the way it’ll go. And a lot of streaming is free. And there’s a lot of operas on YouTube now.”