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September 22, 2014 5:09 PM

Protestors gathered today in opposition to the opening of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, on the grounds that its planned performance of John Adams's "The Death of Klinghoffer" could promote terrorism and anti-Semitism. UCLA computer scientist Judea Pearl, father of the murdered WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl, wrote a letter in support of the protest.

From the Times:

The protesters on Monday held up signs that said “Metropolitan Nazi Opera,” “Stop the Hate — Defund Met Opera” and, in a question aimed at Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Met, “Gelb Are You Taking Terror $$$?” One speaker called for the opera’s sets to be “burned to the ground.”

Former Gov. George E. Pataki, Representative Eliot L. Engel of New York, State Assemblyman Dov Hikind and State Assemblyman David I. Weprin were among the officials who denounced the opera and the Met for showing it.

posted by grobstein (1 comment total)

Like many of the work’s opponents, he said he had not heard it: “I’ve not seen it, but I’ve heard enough about it and I don’t want to see it, frankly.”
posted by Nevin at 5:14 PM on September 22, 2014 [4 favorites]