Opera Chic is a total supporter of any kind of effort to disprove that silly notion that classical music is for dorks while the cool kids listen to and play anything else; OC is also a fan of Marin Alsop because she has a good beat and she decided she wanted to be conductor after she saw Lenny on the podium (and frankly, who wouldn't), and we *heart* Lenny so much that we're OK with all his fans on general principle.
Many brave men and women are actively involved in a worldwide effort to make classical music cool like Fonzie, the way it used to be; Alsop's one of them (of us?) -- so go Marin go.
"Like making your grandparents hip. I think it is hip, though, that's the weird thing. Look at how hip art is now, at least in my opinion. Opera is pretty hip now, how did that happen? I never expected opera to get hip. It isn't because opera has changed. But the packaging certainly has changed.
"I hope that in 10 years — I hope much sooner — there will be a culture of joy here. That sounds awfully trite in a way, but I think what we do is a joyous and profound experience. People need to be connected with that."
Haylls yea.