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Afternoon at the (final?) opera
Many a brilliant career will be remembered by how it ended. Yes, Ian did incredible work to build the Opera. But just because he achieved that does not absolve him if he failed in the end. Some people retire at the peak of their career, others hang on to the glory days and are remembered instead for all of the mistakes at the end. A-Rod, anyone? He absolutely should shoulder some of the blame. And yes, the Board should have recognized long ago that their Director was not performing as he should have been, and taken the appropriate steps at that point. Their job, however, is not to do the staff's work (i.e. marketing.)— April 15, 2014 2:01 p.m.
San Diego Opera head says all want to save company
Wait, so if a quorum is only 10 people, then why can't the board members advocating for change use that rule to do what needs to be done. Have your 9 fellow board members ready, (sounds like they have more than 10), and then bring a string of resolutions to the table and take the votes. Lose the current chair. Done. Next. Lose Faye. Done. Next. Lose any other insiders who need to go. Done. Next. Fire the current lawyers. Done. Next. Fire the administrators who need to go. (May be more than just the two that are always mentioned.) Done. Ok. Breathe, that was tough. Roll up the sleeves. Hire a new attorney. Get to work.— April 11, 2014 9:37 p.m.
Opera: Campbells could get up to $3 million more
According to the minutes, the March 19 meeting was a touch over an hour long. I can imagine a situation where board members were barraged with bad news and a bleak outlook, and then the leaders painted a clear picture of each member's liability. There was no deliberation except for some technicalities of how the dissolution would work. So shellshocked with information that you didn't see coming, you are asked to vote. Fast forward to the next meeting. They deliberated for nearly 5 hours and with cooler heads decide to look into the situation a bit. Don, I understand that no one has told you that this is what happened. I am just trying to piece together all the facts that we have, spare as they are, into a coherent picture. I believe this is one explanation. Especially with Mr. Cohn's statement that his wife would resign if it became clear that she'd be liable to pay creditors.— April 7, 2014 9:16 p.m.
Opera: Campbells could get up to $3 million more
And now we know exactly what was said in that boardroom to make everyone vote to close. We foresee a huge deficit next year and you, as board members, are all liable. And now, let's take a vote!— April 7, 2014 7:51 p.m.
Opera board not provided with information requested
"A lot of support from the audience" -- hard to say if they support the closing of the Opera or if they wanted to show support for what Ian has done for Opera in this town (well, perhaps up until a few months ago.) One wonders what percentage of the audience that night was aware of the fact that there are two factions fighting for two different outcomes for the SDO. Anyone who was there Saturday who might tell us what the conversations around them in the aisles and lobby sounded like?— April 7, 2014 3:47 p.m.
Opera board not provided with information requested
I saw one of the news reports refer to the curtain speech on Saturday night as a "eulogy." Having heard it through internet sources, I have to concur. There is clearly no interest, at least on Campbell's part, to explore a future for SDO. There are many reasons why this could be. I hope that Don, and the others writing about this story, continue to ask those questions to determine why shutting down seems to be so important to management. I care less why half of the board wants to shut down as they are obviously still following Campbell's lead.— April 7, 2014 9:25 a.m.
Opera board not provided with information requested
Question for any attorneys who might be watching these comments. If the attorneys are advising the administration to not reveal the report on the management style among other documents to the board "for fear of media leaks," can't the board fire the attorneys? Wouldn't any attorneys representing the Opera have to answer to the board? Or, did the leaders hire these attorneys on their own dime, as opposed to the company's dime?— April 6, 2014 9:07 a.m.
Opera board not provided with information requested
Fantastic news.— April 4, 2014 9:43 p.m.
Opera board not provided with information requested
If the leaders of SDO refuse to work with their board, then they need to be removed by the board. I'm somewhat surprised that there hasn't been a stronger voice coming from the original signers of the petition for the leaders' ouster. If I was on the board, I'd be concerned that the staff would look at the upcoming production of Don Quixote as their last bit of leverage to get done what needs to be done to allow the company to move forward.— April 2, 2014 10:20 p.m.
Opera board still looking for donors
Agreed. It doesn't sound like that has happened at SDO for a long while.— April 2, 2014 8:19 p.m.