Posted Tue, Apr 14, 1:06 p.m.

Given that the undergraduate programs were horrible in the early '70's' - too many students, too few actual contact hours with professors who were the reason to go to the place, and that recent grads seem clueless about anything but their $ possibilities. Perhaps instead of groaning about the demotion ...

Posted Wed, Jun 6, 4:22 p.m.

I somewhat disagree: I attended Saturday's performance. Just as at Pelleas and Melisande the crowd whistled the sets. Which I found totally inappropriate and abysmal stage design as they got in the way of the action of the singers. This time the 'screens/doors" created a muffle for the orchestra. Schwartz ...