Thread by @benjaminwittes

Whoa, chatting about this with @MaggieCaroline1, I’ve realized something upsetting.

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1144782905329295363

Back in the late 80s/early 90s, Peter Sellars directed the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas. All were made into very fine videos—from which this exceptional performance of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson comes. All were set in modern day New York.

Here’s the thing, though: the production of Marriage of Figaro was set in ... Trump Tower.
Really.
Not making this up.

Here’s a review of it from the time:
latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

For some reason, I can find no videos of any of this production on YouTube, although both the Don Giovanni and the Cosi are amply represented.

What happened to Trump Tower Figaro? Anyone know?

Here’s a post election interview Peter Sellars did with the New York Times on the Trump Tower Figaro.
nytimes.com/2016/11/25/art…

@Fleurette15236 @BillKristol

@OrinKerr

Here is the DVD, which I just dug out.