To Boo or Not to Boo? Royal Opera Music Chief Defends Vocal Crowds

Pappano says there is no place like an opera house when the audience explodes with pleasure, although that is more common abroad because many attendees in London are keen to get home. “I have a theory about this. British audiences … a lot of people have to travel long distances when they leave the opera house. It is not like Vienna, where it is a small area and the applause went on for half an hour. This would never happen in this place … it is short and very intense here.” Sir Antonio Pappano says: ‘There are other ways to express yourself – don’t clap.’ (via)]]>