This is the fifth time, that Jonas Kaufmann
has cancelled his participation at a performance that I have had tickets for.
He is the greatest tenor in the world these days and when he does appear, it is
a wonderful experience. But, buying a ticket for an opera, in which he is meant
to sing, is like buying a lottery ticket. And, as lotteries go, there is no
What’s wrong with that man and his “viral
throat infections”?
The only reason, I’ve booked tickets for
Carmen was because Kaufmann was to sing Don José. And then the bas**** cancels
yet again. Covent Garden does not refund the expensive ticket price, one does not even get the surcharge – that they levy when they have superstars in one
of their productions – back.
All they offer – if one does not want to hear
the second rate replacement they had arranged – is an exchange within the same
season. That is up to mid-March with very little choice.
Neither Kaufmann, nor Covent Garden should
be allowed to get away with this shoddy way of treating the public of opera
lovers. Sadly, we are a captive audience and are being treated as such.
Shame on Covent Garden Opera Director Kasper
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