first reported news<\/a> of the cancellation.<\/p>\n\u201cStimmung,” an immersive opera featuring the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen\u2019s a capella opera, was to be staged at the now-closed Fresh & Easy grocery store at the City Place shopping mall in Downtown, with shows March 19-20 and March 26-27.\u00a0 Months were spent transforming the abandoned grocery store into a \u201cmagical kitchen\u201d where the audience would encircle six performers preparing a meal that they would also share with the audience.<\/p>\n
The project had been Gedeon\u2019s brainchild, and after consulting with the performing artists in the show, LBO decided that it would not be \u201cappropriate\u201d to continue the show without him, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project had already been completely funded, built, rehearsed, and was just over one week from opening when he tendered his resignation,\u201d the statement continued.\u00a0\u201cLBO will honor our commitment to compensate all the artists for their work preparing the project nonetheless.\u201d<\/p>\n
The opera said it would also reach out to individual ticket holders with instructions on how to receive a refund.<\/p>\n
After the allegations put forth by the LBO staff members, LBO said in the statement it hired an investigator to look into the issues, and has spent two months interviewing LBO\u2019s current and former staff members as well as board members and independent contractor artists.<\/p>\n
The opera said that the investigation should be finished in a few weeks and \u201cresults will be made public at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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