{"id":16903,"date":"2014-01-08T22:57:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T03:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=16903"},"modified":"2014-01-08T22:57:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T03:57:03","slug":"lack-of-money-shuts-down-live-opera-in-hamilton-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/01\/08\/lack-of-money-shuts-down-live-opera-in-hamilton-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of money shuts down live opera in Hamilton — again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The curtain call from last fall’s production of Falstaff<\/em> by Opera Hamilton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opera Hamilton announced today that it is closing down due to a lack of money.<\/p>\n

The organisation’s treasurer and board co-chair Peter Uffelmann declared in a press release that, “in the absence of any other funding, the board had no choice but to cancel the rest of the season and cease operations.”<\/p>\n

The orchestral musicians from the well-received season-opening production of Verdi’s Falstaff<\/em> have still not been paid, and are owed approximately $20,000. The staff payroll is also not up-to-date.<\/p>\n

I spoke earlier this week to Opera Hamilton executive director Stephen Bye, who expressed hope that a promised large donation would come in before the end of this week so that the musicians could come back to play for a Popera gala on the weekend.<\/p>\n

Thanks to its proximity to Toronto, Hamilton has enjoyed good-quality professional opera for many years, but every company has had a difficult time to make a go of it financially. Opera Hamilton’s predecessor, Opera Ontario, went bankrupt in 2008. Even moving to a smaller venue — from Hamilton Place to the Dofasco Theatre — in 2011 didn’t help the balance sheet much.<\/p>\n

The company has been carrying an accumulated deficit that sits somewhere above half-a-million dollars.<\/p>\n

As has been the case before, the story is not necessarily over. There is a possibility that someone could still step in with a donation or an offer of municipal financial help that might help resurrect the company in some form.<\/p>\n

John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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