Mark Wigglesworth: “ENO’s identity as a team defines its past and will be its greatest asset in protecting its future. Cutting the core of the company – musicians and technicians alike – would damage it irreparably.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Sofia Coppola To Direct Her First Opera
The American filmmaker (The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette) “is to make her opera debut this year with a production of La Traviata at the Opera of Rome – a star-studded coup for the beleaguered venue, which has long been overshadowed by La Scala in Milan.”
Aaron Sorkin Is Adapting ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ For Broadway
“[Sorkin’s] version will open differently than the novel and will include new dialogue and fleshed-out scenes that are alluded to in the novel but not fully depicted.” Observes the director, Bartlett Sher, “The conversation between Harper Lee and Aaron Sorkin is going to be an interesting one.”
Yale School Of Art Names First Woman Dean
The university “has hired curator Marta Kuzma, the vice chancellor and rector of the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden, as the next dean of its School of Art. Kuzma will be the first woman to serve in the position in the school’s 147-year history. Kuzma takes the place of curator Robert Storr, who took the reins in 2006 after four years as a professor at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.10.16
Wroth About Rothko: “Order & Joint Stipulation of Dismissal” in De Sole Case vs. Freedman & Knoedler
When a litigant perceives, during the course of a trial, that there’s a good chance he’ll lose his case, there is an impetus to settle. With many expert witnesses having denied authenticating the disputed Rothko … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-02-10
Alwin Nikolais’ Works Revived
The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company performs at the Joyce Theater through February 14. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2016-02-10
Engagement Is a Means, Not an End
So much interesting stuff has been written recently about engagement and related topics, I barely know where to begin. The Irvine Foundation has published a series of mini-essays responding questions about engagement. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-02-09
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Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, Talks Research, Collaboration, And The Fracturing Of America
“One of my frustrations with what happens on the stage a lot of the time when working class people are put up there, it’s like poverty porn. They’re laughed at, or they’re the villains, or they’re ridiculous. I think the struggles folks are going through are really real. It affects you physically and emotionally.”
Opera House That’s Been Shot Up, Burned Down (Twice), Gone Broke, And Used As Political Tool Gets Restored And Reopened
The Georgian National Opera House in Tbilisi has survived tsars, commissars, civil war and economic shock over its 165 years. Now, after a six-year, $40.5 million renovation paid for by the country’s richest man (a former prime minister), it’s open again.
Intizar Hussain, Pakistan’s ‘Greatest Fiction Writer’, Dead At 92
“The prolific author was known for his novels, short stories, columns and poetry and belatedly saw worldwide recognition when he was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013 and was awarded France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres a year later.”
London Gets Twice As Much Arts Funding As Rest Of England: Report
“[That’s] despite accounting for just a third of the country’s cultural offering. … The report also reveals that the average funding per London organisation is £2.1 million, compared with £495,000 for organisations outside the city.”
Turning Weakness Into Strength: The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae On Injury
“Being forced to step off stage gave me time to learn more about the profession. I watched so many performances, rehearsals, classes as well as taught a number of classes myself. This gave me a moment to genuinely slow down and take everything back to basics.”