Well Toronto's new Opera House opened last night with a grand reception and celebration. The cultural mucky muck's had decried the lack of an opera house for years and the various levels of government ponied up cash to get it built. I don't pretend to know the finer points of the acoustic requirements of an opera house but this just seems like a big boondoggle to me.
Opera isn't that popular. Why do we need a dedicated opera house? We don't but he cultural elite loves opera and wants a place to see it. They also have cash which they donate to politicians and generate a very nice return on when they get an opera house in return. Very nice.
The cultural imperialists also would have you believe that you can't be a world class city without an Opera House. It represents one of the pinnacles of sophisticated culture. If the Horseshoe tavern wanted some cash to upgrade the facilities they would be laughed out of town. Some of the greatest up and coming bands play there and it should be a Toronto cultural icon but it is not. Doesn't differ that much from an opera house. You can have drinks before and after music. No tux's at the horseshoe thought.
I personally don't feel any better about the opera house and wrote my MLA and MP to tell them. I'm sure I will be scorned as a cultural simpleton without enough sense (read cash) to know what good culture is.
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