That is a really big deal. Do you know how small the opera world is and that it endangers his livelihood that he was willing to do that? That's a person with a conscience.

Calgary's subreddit has been trying to silence conversation on it.

The real "cancel culture" folks.

Fucking cowards

The establishment strikes again!

First off, I will never attend the Calgary Opera from this moment forward.

Second, Calgary has an opera?

The last traces of refined culture is under the choke hold of the murderous occupiers.

We are living in a behavioural prison. We are being forced to live with the legitimization of genocide.

Utter cowardice.

Right. Well, I will never attend the Calgary Opera now.

So, I've been going since... 1990. I've got tickets for this Saturday. Not sure what to do. Maybe go, then wait till his replacement goes to bow and just yell "Free Palestine" really loud? Maybe ask for my money back? Cancel my season tickets? Legit torn.

i bet these same idiots took a day off for truth and reconciliation as well.

I WAS thinking of taking my wife to the Calgary opera this year...

I wanted to lobotomize myself when i went to a thing called the "szegedi szabadtéri" which is a thing we have in the city of szeged every year where they perform a bunch of theater pieces outside on one of the squares of the city and ive been going on and off since i was young but this year they used ai in the background "art". Im not going in protest but it doesnt really matter cause most people who watch it are old enough to not even know what ai is. Im so dissapointed by the "as long as it doesnt effect my share of the pie" attitude. Classical arts has to get itself together...

certified Alberta moment

How can anyone tell whether the owners/managers of a venue are neutral, rooting for Israel, rooting for Gaza, not allowing free speech at all, or allowing free speech only if it complies with their own views? Finding out who allows what is quite a job in itself.

This guy either knew or didn't.

SAD!

So update!

Drove by the theatre to see. Twenty or so protesters out front, lots of Palestine flags. Loud, drums, hard to miss.

Got a text from someone who went at intermission. Apparently, someone started yelling halfway through the first Act about Palestine and the genocide, and evaded security long enough to totally disrupt the show.

Ok, serious question here. Was he fired because Palestine, or because political statement?
Would he have been fired if his flag had been a crossed out US flag? Or a Ukrainian flag?