Do people still care about opera? An insider raises some doubts
- Written by Peter Tregear, Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
In a now notorious interview, actor Timothée Chalamet declared he only wanted to work in a creative field people valued. He was not keen on an art form like opera, “where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore’.”
His comments predictably triggered a backlash across...





