More than $4.5 million in debt two years ago, Opera Australia embarked on a “populist” season. It seems to have paid off. – Sydney Morning Herald
Month: November 1999
RADIO CITY MUSICIANS –
– vote to strike – CBC
AND: Backstage story 11/18/99
“NO MISMANAGEMENT HERE”
Scottish Opera bosses, called up by the Scottish Parliament to defend themselves after being bailed out of looming bankruptcy last week, say lavish production hurt but was not extravagant. – BBC
THE DANCING GLENN GOULD
Three of Canada’s most interesting artists have teamed up to make a dance about a fourth. James Kadelka’s “A Disembodied Voice” takes on pianist Glenn Gould – humming and all. – Toronto Globe and Mail
“CLOUDS OF POTENTIAL GLORY”
But it was not to be as Moscow City Ballet landed in New York for its first performance. – New York Times
“SPECTACULARLY MEAGER RESULTS”
Last month’s Net-Aid concert is said to have attracted huge global TV ratings, 2.3 million web hits. But show only “netted” about $1 million in contributions from those watching/listening. Washington Post
SURPRISE BUYER
Young Broadcasting came out of nowhere to pay record $823 million for San Francisco NBC affiliate. Now it has a big rock to push uphill to make it work. San Francisco Chronicle
A REALLY BIG SHOE
Sixty international broadcasters assembled in London to organize the BBC’s year-end, 28-hour TV millennial bash “2000 Today.” Messages from the Pope, UN Secretary are a given, but “seven virgins go into a cave and …”? Variety
WHIFF OF COLOGNE
Three hundred dealers/70,000 people sniff out the latest in contemporary art at the Cologne Art Fair, Europe’s biggest new-art bazaar. Financial Times
OUT OF AFRICA
Smithsonian, undergoing $100 million renovation, has difficulty finding funds for large new gallery on African culture, set to open next month. Washington Post