Pacific Symphony Postpones Verdi Requiem
In a move to balance its current budget, the Pacific Symphony has postponed until next season the Verdi Requiem planned for April 26 and 27 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.
“This (move) saves $75,000,” orchestra executive director Louis G. Spisto said Thursday.
“It is a one-step approach to bring us into line. Programs such as (the Requiem) are very expensive to do. The $75,000 is above the normal cost of presenting the Pacific Symphony.”
Spisto attributed the financial problems to a shortfall in subscription sales and the addition of two performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which also requires choral accompaniment, after the season had been planned.
An additional $25,000 has been saved by cutting expenses, Spisto said, which will leave the 1988-89 budget balanced.
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