Post-Mortier, What’s City Opera’s New New Direction?

“[D]espite the Mortier fiasco, a bold, exciting (but cheaper) agenda remains exactly what the company needs,” Justin Davidson prescribes. “It needs to reconnect with the reasons Fiorello La Guardia founded the ‘People’s Opera’ in the first place–as a frothier, less pretentious, and more affordable alternative to the Met.”