Incoming talent and shifting priorities guide University Opera’s upcoming repertoire
Some troupes, made more nimble by necessity, can and do successfully adapt as conditions warrant.
March 3, 2021 8:40 AM Michael Muckian
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Social circumstances often govern the fate of performing arts companies. Consider 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced many local and national groups to postpone or cancel productions outright. Some troupes, made more nimble by necessity, can and do successfully adapt as conditions warrant. David Ronis, the Karen K. Bishop Director of Opera at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music, knows well how the strategy works.