Last night COMMANDOpera received from an unknown source the purported entire 2010 2011 season for The Royal Opera House. Readers following this venue have enjoyed the possibility to view the new seasons of many houses because COMMANDOpera has standing with these houses. Last nights mail marks the third such mail from a source regarding a theatres’ new season announcement. The first two were 100 % on the money.
For those who are unaware, COMMANDOpera will clarify what a leak IS. A ‘leak’ is intelligence derived from a source within an organisation to bring attention to a matter, generally for the well being of the public at large. There are authorised leaks and unauthorised leaks. In opera for example, an authorised leak will occur from within by a trusted source and is generally minor in scope. Such information when given to COMMANDOpera is done so with the explicit understanding it will be published. An unauthorised leak derives generally from an unknown source connected to the house in some fashion.
Let me be clear: COMMANDOpera will NEVER publish unauthorised information regarding any house, regardless of whether it is the storied Royal Opera or the lower ranked Canadian Opera Company.
Last week, a New York based gossip blog published the entire Metropolitan 2010 2011 season right down to what was playing each night. This was stunning to me. This breach of confidence to The Metropolitan is singular in its infamy. One cannot comprehend what would behoove the author to so obviously blow what credibility and standing they owned to smithereens. Who in their right mind can now trust that venue with anything ? Depressingly, it is this precise behaviour from one blogger which may cast a shadow over others. I have not discussed the matter with the author out of sheer mortification. The Metropolitan demanded the article be immediately removed and it was. However the damage to the prestigious season annoucement from The Metropolitan has been fulsome, and the lustre one would have attached to the days glamorous news: irretrievable.
There are those who petulantly feel the need to know everything in advance. As adults we all know so very few pleasant surprises with each day that we are obliged to go forward with. Perhaps the only real surprises left to us is the sex of an unborn child, or what we will unwrap as a gift. COMMANDOpera has reveled in the delight of being able to offer to its readers the new season announcements from theatres across the globe the moment they arrived to the inbox. There are some rather significant ones coming up shortly….. and then it will be back to regular programming.
LEAKS
Last night COMMANDOpera received from an unknown source the purported entire 2010 2011 season for The Royal Opera House. Readers following this venue have enjoyed the possibility to view the new seasons of many houses because COMMANDOpera has standing with these houses. Last nights mail marks the third such mail from a source regarding a theatres’ new season announcement. The first two were 100 % on the money.
For those who are unaware, COMMANDOpera will clarify what a leak IS. A ‘leak’ is intelligence derived from a source within an organisation to bring attention to a matter, generally for the well being of the public at large. There are authorised leaks and unauthorised leaks. In opera for example, an authorised leak will occur from within by a trusted source and is generally minor in scope. Such information when given to COMMANDOpera is done so with the explicit understanding it will be published. An unauthorised leak derives generally from an unknown source connected to the house in some fashion.
Let me be clear: COMMANDOpera will NEVER publish unauthorised information regarding any house, regardless of whether it is the storied Royal Opera or the lower ranked Canadian Opera Company.
Last week, a New York based gossip blog published the entire Metropolitan 2010 2011 season right down to what was playing each night. This was stunning to me. This breach of confidence to The Metropolitan is singular in its infamy. One cannot comprehend what would behoove the author to so obviously blow what credibility and standing they owned to smithereens. Who in their right mind can now trust that venue with anything ? Depressingly, it is this precise behaviour from one blogger which may cast a shadow over others. I have not discussed the matter with the author out of sheer mortification. The Metropolitan demanded the article be immediately removed and it was. However the damage to the prestigious season annoucement from The Metropolitan has been fulsome, and the lustre one would have attached to the days glamorous news: irretrievable.
There are those who petulantly feel the need to know everything in advance. As adults we all know so very few pleasant surprises with each day that we are obliged to go forward with. Perhaps the only real surprises left to us is the sex of an unborn child, or what we will unwrap as a gift. COMMANDOpera has reveled in the delight of being able to offer to its readers the new season announcements from theatres across the globe the moment they arrived to the inbox. There are some rather significant ones coming up shortly….. and then it will be back to regular programming.