Today the Metropolitan Opera announced its plans to cancel its broadcasts of John Adams's opera, "The Death of Klinghoffer."
The opera is based on an actual event--the killing of Leon Klinghoffer, an American Jew, by Palestinian terrorists. According to a statement from the Met, the cancellation comes amid concern that the broadcasts could be used to fan anti-Semitism.
The Met had planned an HD broadcast to movie theaters, and a Saturday radio broadcast. Though the broadcasts will not take place, live performances in the fall of this year will go forward.
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