7.24.2003
Robert Wilson? Not in Texas!
[Posted 12:14 PM by James Panero]
The big news developing in classical music today is that the Texas-based estate of Sybil B. Harrington, one of the biggest donors to New York’s Metropolitan Opera, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Opera over misappropriation of funds. The reason? That the Met underwrote non-traditional operatic fare with the Harrington money in conflict with the provisions of the estate.