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From YouTube: Boston Lyric Opera's 40th Season Celebration
Description
Mayor Walsh joins representatives from both the Boston Opera House and the Boston Lyric Opera in a press event at the Boston Lyric Opera House in Downtown Boston to celebrate the historic venue's 40th Season.
George Bizet's 1875 opera classic "Carmen" was chosen to hallmark the return of professional opera to the Boston Lyric Opera House after 25 years.
A
A
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
This
was
Vincent
Taragon,
oh,
who
is
one
of
our
emerging
artists.
We
have
12
of
our
emerging
artists
the
season
accompanied
by
Christopher
Cano,
so
I
cannot
tell
you
what
a
great
pleasure
this
is
for
us
to
be
after
25
years,
the
first
opera
back
in
the
Opera
House,
and
it's
such
a
pleasure
for
us
to
be
here
in
this
beautiful
house,
also
want
to
introduce
our
leading
lady,
the
Carmen
Jennifer
Johnson
Cano,
who
is
sitting
right
next
to
our
mayor,
I.
B
So
what
what
you
just
heard
was
in
fact,
one
of
the
best
known
areas
of
the
Opera,
that
is,
that
of
the
Tauri
adore.
The
bullfighter
in
act,
2
and
Vincent
is
in
fact
on
our
stage.
He
sings
the
character
of
Morales.
That
is
the
first
big
voice
you
hear
at
the
top
of
the
Opera
when
you
all
come,
of
course,
to
see
the
Opera,
which
is
tonight
opening
night.
Jennifer,
of
course,
has
many
many
recognizable
Tunes
in
this
opera
as
well,
and
you
hear
them
in
many
commercials
for
the
sum
of
the
oddest
products.
C
Thank
You
Esther,
it's
really
our
pleasure
and
as
a
zester
mentioned
the
last
time
we
had
an
opera
presentation
in
this
theater
was
back
in
nineteen.
Ninety,
the
final
performances
of
Sara
Caldwell's,
Opera
Company
of
Boston
and
Sarah,
acquired
this
building
in
1980,
and
she
was
the
one
who
named
it
the
Opera
House
she
her
stagings
here
were
spectacular.
They
were
full
of
power
very
well
received.
Unfortunately,
she
had
a
hard
time
keeping
up
with
the
expense
of
maintaining
this
building
and
to
give
you
some
sense
of
just
what
kind
of
expense
we're
talking
about.
C
The
company
that
acquired
the
rights
was
eventually
bought
by
clear
channel
communications.
My
boss,
Don
Lauda,
now
owns
the
building
with
data.
New
gar
was
part
of
that
company
and
they
came
in
here
with
a
budget
of
25
million
dollars
to
restore
the
theater
to
their
enduring
credit.
They
stuck
with
it
through
54
million
dollars
of
expense
before
it
reopened
with
Lion
King
in
July
of
2004,
and
we
have
been
hosting
some
terrific
touring,
Broadway
home
with
Boston
Ballet
and
many
other
events
here
ever
since
the
Opera
Company
was
was
a
vital
company
here.
C
So
it's-
and
it
was
the
last
time
that
a
purely
acoustic
performance
was
done
here
in
1990
now
this
theater
was
originally
built
as
the
BF
keith's
memorial
theatre.
This
is
BF
keith's.
The
namesake
is
the
bust.
Above
us,
it
was
commissioned
by
his
partner,
Edward
Albee,
and
he
retained
the
services
of
the
top
theater
architect
of
his
day,
Thomas
white
lamb.
This
is
the
late
19th
early
20th
century,
and
it
was
told
what
lamb
was
told
spare
no
expense.
C
This
is
a
tribute
to
my
late
partner,
the
king
of
vaudeville,
so
he
spent
twice
as
much
as
he
had
ever
spent
on
any
of
his
other
great
theaters
and
it
shows
and
the
real
Carrara
marble
the
finishes
are
all
spectacular.
One
of
the
other
things
to
note
about
that
is
that
vaudeville
was
unemployed.
It
was
designed
with
those
acoustics
in
mind,
which
is
why
we're
particularly
excited
to
have
Opera
Company
of
Boston
here
to
finally
bring
opera
back
to
this
wonderful
theater.
So
thank
us
there.
B
B
As
early
aspect
is
1908.
Many
of
you
might
know
one
of
the
most
significant
houses
in
opera
opened
on
huntington
avenue.
It
rivaled
the
Metropolitan
Opera
in
Chicago
lyric
opera
was
a
significant
company
which
was
invited
to
represent
the
American
opera
industry
to
Paris
in
1914.
So
we
started
very
early
with
a
significant
history
of
Boston
of
opera
in
Boston.
B
Carmen
I
have
to
say
also
has
its
own
legacy
here
in
Boston.
It
performed
in
fact
at
the
old
Boston
theater
right
here
on
Washington
the
theater
that
was
here
before,
and
it
only
was
four
years
after
the
world
scandalous
world
premiere
in
Paris
of
this
story
with
the
cigarette
smoking,
gypsy
harlots
smuggling
their
way
through
through
the
scape.
So
this
of
course
took
it
was
like
I
said
it
was
scandalous
when
it
premiered
in
Paris.
B
However,
when
he
came
here
to
Boston,
in
fact,
it
was
barely
a
year
after
the
formation
of
the
New
England
watch
and
ward
society,
which
clearly
wasn't
right
on
the
ball
because
they
did
not
ban
it
in
Boston,
their
famous
man
in
Boston.
Somehow
this
opera
seem
to
escape
their
notice,
then
subsequently,
in
fact,
the
very
equally
scandalous
famous
movie
by
Cecil
B
DeMille
of
Carmen's
story
had
its
world
premiere
here
in
Symphony
Hall.
B
In
1915,
while
it
was
a
silent
movie,
it
did
star
the
glamorous
Geraldine
Farrar,
one
of
the
best-known
offer
support
meadows
of
her
day,
who
was
in
fact
a
Massachusetts
native
that
also
escaped
the
band
in
Boston
for
some
mysterious
reason,
but
it
was
swiftly
banned
right
after
in
Pennsylvania
and
Ohio.
As
shocking
and
improper
I
can
tell
you
that,
had
we
still
had
the
watch
and
ward
society,
they
probably
would
ban
this
Carmen
that
we
are
currently
doing
in
Boston.
It
is,
in
fact,
also
one
of
the
largest
shows
that
we
have
done.
B
You
will
at
one
point
point
see
more
than
a
hundred
voices
soaring
from
the
stage,
including
a
very
large
children's
chorus
here
in
Boston,
while
we're
doing
being
bring
to
Boston,
certainly
leading
talent
from
around
the
world.
We
are
deeply
committed
to
our
community
with
our
education
programs,
training
programs,
including
our
emerging
artists
and
many
opportunities
for
students
and
professionals,
young
professionals
in
this
community,
whether
they
be
singers
or
whether
they
are
state
professionals,
and
I
have
to
say
also
we
have
a
wonderful
program.
B
That
is
an
in-school
program
that
goes
from
one
to
two
to
three
years,
and
schools
can
participate
as
spacey
fit,
and
we
had
one
particular
wonderful
occasion
of
one
student,
a
third
grader
who
in
fact
had
a
speech
impediment
and
by
the
time
he
went
to,
we
worked
with
a
speech
pathologist
in
that
particular
school
and
by
the
time
we
were
done,
this
child
to
his
parents.
Amazement
was
on
stage
singing
a
leading
role
in
one
of
the
opposite:
the
school
the
students
are
created
themselves.
B
D
D
I
know
he's
probably
drinking
his
drink
of
the
back
there
so
when
I
want
to
thank
him,
ed,
thank
you
as
well,
and
Don
I
had
a
chance
to
take
a
quick,
little
tour
around
backstage
and
here's
some
of
the
stories
that
I'm
not
going
to
talk
about
from
this
podium
about
this
place.
That
has
some
secrets.
So
it's
pretty
good
to
know
that
this
is
exciting
to
be
here
today
to
celebrate
the
40th
anniversary.
This
is
a
spectacular
theater
here
in
Boston.
D
There's
no
question
about
it
and
I
want
to
thank
Don
and
John
particular
for
being
back
here
and
making
and
David
for
making
the
investment
to
the
spectacular
place.
I
want
to
thank
the
boston
opera
house,
the
the
the
great
point
of
pride
that
this
great
theater
provides
to
us
and
today
marks
Boston's
Larry,
croppers,
debut
performance,
and
it
was
mentioned
already
had
mentioned
already
that
this
theater
hasn't
seen
in
offering
26
years
now.
So
my
comments
were
wrong.
D
So
just
thinking
is
that's
on
the
stage
taking
how
the
walls
and
the
ceiling
and
the
fixtures
in
the
mural
are
all
excited
about.
Finally,
having
the
Opera
bounce
off
the
bumps
off,
there
are
different
pieces
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
it
certainly
is
exciting
for
the
city
of
Boston.
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well
for
talking
about
what
we've
done
in
arts
and
culture
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I.
D
Really,
you
know
I
get
a
lot
of
credit
for
it
and
we
have
a
great
arts
and
culture
chief
and
Julie
barros,
but
really
the
person,
the
main
person
to
dry
it
drives
just
and
drove
it.
From
the
very
beginning,
when
I
say
very
beginning
was
back
in
April
when
I
decide
to
run
for
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
was
Joyce.
Lady
and
I
want
to
thank
choice,
leaning
in
for
what
she's
done.
D
I
have
a
speech
prepared
and
I'm
overwhelmed
to
be
quite
honestly,
I
didn't
think
I
would
be,
but
I
am
so
I'm
not
really
going
to
go
into
my
speech.
It's
just
exciting.
In
our
city
we
are
a
world-class
city.
There's
no
question
about
it
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
that
are
here
today
that
have
supported
the
arts.
Are
so
long
in
our
city
and
made
the
investment
in
all.
D
D
The
Boston
lyric
opera
is
rechristening
the
Opera
House,
with
a
spectacular
rendition
of
common
bringing
professional
opera
back
to
this
location
for
the
first
time
in
quarter
of
a
century,
I
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
other
eyes
and
I'll
read
them
later,
but
I'm
on
J
Walsh,
mayor
of
Boston,
do
hereby
poke
poke
rain
proclaim,
September
23rd
2016
as
Boston
lyric
offered
day
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I'd
like
to
present
this.
To
both
of
you.
C
Thank
You
mayor
thank
us
there
and
for
bringing
this
presentation
this
production
to
our
stage
today.
You
know
the
Opera
House
is
this.
Theater
is
welcome
millions
of
people
through
the
this
grand
lobby
here
over
the
decades
and
never
to
a
more
exciting
production
than
the
one
we're
going
to
see
tonight.
So
without
any
further
ado
on
behalf
of
the
Opera
House
Don,
our
stage
crew
are
front-of-house
staff
we'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
to.