The acclaimed Ravinia Festival in Chicago has taken a page from the amphitheatre- and arena-rock playbook: this summer's performances are now augmented by a pair of Jumbotrons mounted at the sides of the stage. Concertgoers now experience not just world-class performance, but also a 300-square-foot view of conductor James Conlon, say, or pianist Yefim Bronfman.
One Chicago columnist has expressed clear distaste for this development. You can read his views, and those of a few folks who vehemently disagree with him, here.
Is it nice to have Jumbotrons at a classical event of this size and caliber of prestige? Is it, in an era in which general appreciation of classical music is said to be waning, close to a necessity? Or is it neither? What do you think?
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