Those two surprises are part of the company’s September mini-festival, a dry-run for the following season’s O17; the season also includes operas staged especially for Christine Goerke and Stephanie Blythe.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Paris’s Biggest Private Art Museum Hosted Blockbuster After Blockbuster – And Now It’s Closing Down
The gallery, “which had ruffled the feathers of the French capital’s major museums with a string of blockbuster shows on Edvard Munch, Jackson Pollock, Man Ray and the Chinese terracotta warriors of Xian, said its takings had dropped by a quarter in two years.”
Glenda Jackson Is Returning To The Stage – In Shakespeare’s Greatest Role For Older Actors
Twenty-five years ago, when Jackson gave up acting for politics, she was considered perhaps the most formidable actress in the English language; after 23 years as a Labour MP, she retired from Parliament last year. She’ll be back on the boards later this year at the Old Vic, with Deborah Warner as director, playing …
‘The Revenant’ And ‘Mad Max’ Rule At BAFTAs
“The Revenant … was named best film while [Leonardo] DiCaprio won best actor and Alejandro G Inarritu best director. … Apocalyptic action movie Mad Max: Fury Road took four awards: for make-up and hair, editing, costumes and production design.”
How My Ballet Career Survived Five Knee Operations In One Year
Marijn Rademaker, longtime principal of the Stuttgart Ballet, now at Dutch National Ballet, tells the long and frustrating story of his meniscus injury – including what that nurse should not have said to him on the operating table.
Why ‘Political Correctness’ Drives People Nuts – And Why It Sort Of Works
“In this episode [of Micropolis], we explore how the policing of language can cause anxiety for many of us, while also forcing us to think about race and gender and other issues. … Does ‘political correctness’ shape today’s art and expression? And if so, is that a problem or a necessity?” (audio)
Novelist Pat Conroy Has Pancreatic Cancer
“The man behind such books as The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, and The Great Santini shared the news on Facebook, writing of his Lowcountry home and plans to continue working.”
So It Begins: First Of UK’s National Daily Newspapers To Go All-Digital Stops Print Next Month
“At its peak sales hit around 428,000 copies a day. Twenty-five years later, the number of copies being sold on a weekday in newsagents is rather closer to 28,000.”
Classical Grammys: Bostonians, Seiji, Joyce And Tony, Stephen Triumph; You Can Guess Who Won In Musical Theater (Alexander)
No, it’s not 1979: the Boston Symphony and Seiji Ozawa won for two separate recordings. So did composer Stephen Paulus.
Jazz Grammy Voters Choose Experience Over Youth
Pianist Joey Alexander, 12, got multiple nominations for his debut album, My Favorite Things, but came away from the ceremony empty-handed. Recording Academy members mostly went for more familiar names, such as Maria Schneider, John Scofield, and Christian McBride.