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Prevent The Met From Airing An Anti-Semitic Opera!

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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Dan B. from League City, TX signed.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Christian E. from Orange, VA writes:
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    This appears to be both an anti-semitci and an anti-American perfomance. Please do not allow this to be performed. Thank you.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Carra K. from Houston, TX writes:
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    how could you consider such a disgusting thing?! What a disgrace!
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Karen F. from Port Townsend, WA writes:
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    Please do not offer this performance. It makes you no better than Hamas or Iran in discriminating against the Jews! Thank you.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Someone from Livingston, NJ writes:
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    What an unconscionable, egregious, odious decision to perform this opera. apparently the Met has no qualms about producing anti-Semitic propaganda that will continue to propagate hatred.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    jacqueline pattison e. from Sarasota, FL writes:
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    To Mr. Peter Gelb and to the Highest Decision-Makers in THE METROPOLITAN OPERA As an opera singer with "Reife Prüfung" from Vienna and decades of concerts, I urge you to cancel that anti-Semitic opera that you have planned; I urge you to perform and air an opera that is NOT anti-Semitic. How can you perform an anti-Semitic opera when you have Jewish musicians in your orchestra? Appalling. Do look up the YouTube video of a concert in Holland in which a Muslim conductor begins to prosylatize the audience before the concert. Holland's Queen is present. The members of the orchestra silently take their instruments and walk off stage, in solidarity with and for their Jewish colleagues. There is no concert. Who has ordered the anti-Semitic opera? Under what kind of tyranny and dictatorship has the Met placed itself? How many of your Met Oper supporters will discontinue donating and subscribing and will stop giving generously? I repeat: I am appalled. I would hope that every orchestra member and every singer and extra would sew a yellow star on his or her sleeve, in solidarity — and not perform, but just stand on the stage and in the orchestra pit in silence. Please send this to the composer, with blessings for the composer’s discovering that loving ones fellow human being is far greater than spreading venomous evil. With deep disappointment for the planned misuse of some of the most beautiful voices in the world in a production that a genuine Christian, Jew or human being can scarcely condone. You still have time to change and reset your plans and performances. Prayerfully, jacqueline pattison ekgren
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Joseph G. from Baton Rouge, LA writes:
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    This overtly racist screed should not be financed from the public purse!
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Bruce F. from Niceville, FL writes:
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    I was honored to host Mrs. Kings offer and her party at Rhein Main AB after her husband was killed on the Achilli Lauro. This presentation is terrible and unwarranted.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    harold s. from Boynton Beach, FL signed.
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    Someone from Hewitt, NJ writes:
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    Mr. Gelb why are you producing such a horrible production of a heinous act against innocents.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    Steve J. from Houston, TX writes:
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    I'm a strong supporter of both freedom of speech and the peaceful existence of Israel! However, I can not fathom why taxes should be funding HATE speech. No tax $ should support such freedom of speech!
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
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    Evelyn F. from Lake Worth, FL writes:
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    How utterly discusting. A jew who hates jews. Mr. Gelb, you are dispicable. And if you are not a jew the same applies.
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
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    Charles K. from Brentwood, NY writes:
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    I am an American and Christian. I support Israel 100%. If this was about the brutal bloodthirsty savage Muslims it would be a different story. Screw all Muslims there fake comic book and their Devil god and the Devil who wrote it.
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    Someone from Rio Verde, AZ writes:
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    Unbelievable and sick
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
    LILA C. from Boynton Beach, FL writes:
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    HOW DAR THEY
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  • Sep 1st, 2014
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    Bernabe F. from Sacramento, CA writes:
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    When is murder art ?
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