Bolshoi Opera Scandal Really About Money And Power

The protests and scandal over the Bolshoi’s new opera isn’t really about artistis values after all. “At the center of the silly protest swirling around “Rosenthal’s Children,” the new opera at the Bolshoi Theater, lies a billion-dollar question: Who gets to control the huge budget to renovate the aging building? The debate, alas, is not about cultural values, political ideologies or the preservation of Russia’s artistic heritage.”