Did program notes bring down Opera Boston?
Well, the Globe story on the Opera Boston mess dropped today, revealing that the company's closing seems to have been not so much a case of malfeasance (as I once speculated), as a case of clashing egos, childish pique, and a culture of financial mismanagement. Which, of course, is all malfeasance in its way.Long story short - Opera Boston was perennially over-extended, and lived hand-to-mouth, relying on a handful …