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March 12, 2023 – the opera ain’t over, but the fat lady is warming up….

Two years ago, on this day, March 12th, 2023

The Greenhouse Effect

Barbican Centre (2023)

Starring:

Yshani Perinpanayagam,

Laura Moody,

Linda Jankowska,

Marcus Vergette,

Matthew Bourne

12 March 2023(2 performances)

The Greenhouse Effect review – bells, birdsong and a bubble-wrapped piano | Classical music | The Guardian

The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 419ppm. As of 2025 it is 427ppm, but check here for daily measures. 

The context was artists want to feel Relevant, while still being Artistic.

What I think we can learn from this. Artists, like almost everyone else, have been late and largely empty-handed to the party.  Human, all too human.

What happened next.  The opera ain’t over, but you can hear the fat lady in the wings, doing her warm ups.

What do you think? Does this pass the ‘so what?’ threshold? Have I got facts wrong? Interpretation wrong? Please do comment on this post, unless you are a denialist, obvs.

Also on this day: 

March 12, 1974 – Clean Coal advert in the Wall Street Journal

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