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Don’t talk down New York, Peter Gelb

During the pandemic it’s become a cliché that it may take up to four years for national and global tourism to return to New York City. No…

5 min readJul 21, 2021

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Don’t talk down New York, Peter Gelb

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David Rohde

The live performing arts could replace the movies if they knew how

In a running gag on Seinfeld, some semi-arty-sounding movie title would go viral and the characters would have to evade their chronic First…

7 min readJul 8, 2021

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The live performing arts could replace the movies if they knew how

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David Rohde

How Telemarketing Helped Sink the Metropolitan Opera

Already in crisis, the Metropolitan Opera now faces a new problem: the contrast with Broadway. The reopening of the New York theater mecca…

6 min readMay 13, 2021

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How Telemarketing Helped Sink the Metropolitan Opera

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David Rohde

Orchestras, Opera Companies, and the Tech Mogul’s College Roommate

Quick, how many concert halls are named after Bill Gates?

4 min readMar 31, 2021

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Orchestras, Opera Companies, and the Tech Mogul’s College Roommate

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David Rohde

Six things that classical music can learn from Broadway after the pandemic

It’s a good thing that global pandemics come only once a century. Once every 50 years and Broadway might look entirely different today. It…

7 min readNov 10, 2020

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Six things that classical music can learn from Broadway after the pandemic

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David Rohde

David Rohde

Performer, teacher and writer. I’ve conducted 30 musicals in the DC/MD/VA area and play keyboards in orchestra pits. And I write about music from Bach to Rock.

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