Ok, now I'm going to weigh in on this.

I was never advocating for an amphitheatre to be built- at least not in the near future.

I do think that a well advertised, [[perhaps PBS could broadcast it) nighttime operatic production, using the MCD as a backdrop, lit in a golden light, finished off with fireworks from a barge on the river, with thousands of attendees seated on folding chairs, and using the peripheral lawns, and you have a recipe for possibly an annual, or perhaps seasonal event, weather permitting.

If it proved popular enough, then perhaps an amphitheatre could be built. But I think for the short term, doing it this way will bring maximum exposure, a superb visual, and publicity at the least cost.