The 3-0 opinion from the D.C. Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upholds a finding by the National Labor Relations Board against the management of the Lancaster (PA) Symphony Orchestra, which maintained that its musicians were independent contractors and thus had no right to unionize.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Tenor Makes Met Opera Debut – As Otello, No Less – With Five Minutes’ Notice
“Francesco Anile … was in the green room during the last act of Saturday’s performance of Verdi’s Otello, which was being broadcast on radio throughout the world, when he was told by a stage director that Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko was sick and unable to sing the title role in the fourth act.”
China Shuts Down Apple’s iBooks And iTunes Movies
“Initially, Apple apparently had the government’s approval to introduce the services. But then a regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, asserted its authority and demanded the closings … just six months after they were started there.”
Another Unknown Harper Lee Work Discovered (And Tonja Carter Didn’t Find This One)
“The piece was written for the March 1960 issue of The Grapevine, a magazine for FBI professionals … The article was about the gruesome murder of Herb and Bonnie Clutter, and their teenage children Nancy and Kenyon at their farmhouse in Kansas” – the crime that Lee helped Truman Capote research for his book In Cold Blood.
Pennsylvania Ballet Replaces More Than A Third Of Its Dancers
“Of 43 dancers, 12 were let go and five are leaving on their own. Others, dancers say, are thinking of leaving. … Dancers say six others were paid to leave last year” – the first under artistic director Ángel Corella.
New Approach To Dance Training Could Reduce Injuries Later In Career: Study
“Grouping young ballet dancers by their developmental rather than chronological age could help lower their risk of injury, a study has suggested. The technique, known as bio-banding, is growing in prominence for other sports, including football and rugby.”
Leonard Slatkin To Retire From His Other Orchestra, In France
“The Orchestre National de Lyon, France, announced on Tuesday that its current music director, Slatkin, 71, will leave that position at the end of the 2016-17 season.”
David Finckel And Wu Han To Stay With Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Through 2021-22
“The extension ensures that Mr. Finckel, a cellist, and Ms. Wu, a pianist, who are married and who took over the artistic leadership of the society in 2004, will remain in their posts through the society’s 50th anniversary season, which will begin in the fall of 2019.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.25.16
This Week In Audience 04.21.16
We’re Not Doing This Anymore: So we love libraries but we’re going to them less. Perhaps it’s because we have “library anxiety” (yes, that’s a thing)? When finding things online is as easy as … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-04-24
Trading Places: The Met Museum and–Not MoMA
The news late last week twinned the Metropolitan Museum of Art* and the Museum of Modern Art,* making them a study in contrasts: The Met had just announced programming cutbacks, buyouts and other financial woes, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-04-24
My Q&A with President Daniel Weiss–Part I: How Did Metropolitan Museum Fall Into Financial Hole? How Will It Climb Out?
Last week’s revelations about the Metropolitan Museum’s disturbing financial reality check left a lot of unanswered questions, raising concerns about how prudently the museum has been managed under the seven-year leadership of its director and … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-04-25
‘The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft’
I’ve discovered that my recent blogpost, An Experiment in Reading, doesn’t work on mobile devices. The gizmo that embeds the book (to let you turn the pages) gets hung up. So here’s a static presentation … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2016-04-25
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Boycott Of South Korea’s Largest Film Festival Threatened
“Nine South Korean film organizations said this week that they would boycott the Busan International Film Festival, one of the top events in Asia, if organizers did not address their concerns about government interference in the festival.”