In Canada, there are very few televised performances of classical music ensembles, operas, ballets and so forth. CBC's Opening Night was an unusual example of this.
But alas, it is no more - the award-winning show has been cancelled due to low ratings. As executive producer Robert Sherrin told the Toronto Star, "It's truly sad...We were cancelled because of our small ratings, it wasn't a money matter at all. We have the most enthusiastic audience of any CBC show, but ratings-wise we can't compete."
On the one hand, that's life. If a program doesn't get high TV ratings, it will eventually be cancelled. On the other hand, it's a shame. A program based on music and culture is gone, forever.
Here's another interesting paragraph from the Star article:
Opening Night's Sherrin is currently shooting an all-new Nutcracker movie in Calgary to run at Christmas. "It's about the last cultural show I can see on CBC," he said.
That's not good to hear. Let's hope another Canadian TV station picks up the ball at some point, and creates some more cultural programming for Canadian audiences.
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