UNT Opera honored with National Opera Association award

[Harry]

Don Giovanni took second place in the graduate level division VI category of NOA’s 2019-2020 Opera Production Competition for the best college production in America.

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[letsgiveacheer]

On 12/1/2020 at 9:03 AM, Harry said:

Don Giovanni took second place in the graduate level division VI category of NOA’s 2019-2020 Opera Production Competition for the best college production in America.

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This is all well and good but classical music competitions are traditionally fraught with political bias. Unless these are judged in the blind, which they are not, the results are quite possibly skewed.

The university does not talk much about an ill-fated jazz competition organized by Wynton Marsalis a year or two ago. Prior to the competition, the school talked this up quite a bit, with the president leading a large UNT delegation to New York City. Some invited schools like Berklee and Miami had the good sense not to participate. I told myself, this is not going to end well.

Sure enough, not only did our world famous One o'Clock Jazz Band fail to win, they were not even in the top three.

https://jazztimes.com/blog/temple-university-jazz-band-wins-jack-rudin-jazz-championship/