“Inheritance battles propel plenty of operas … but the one playing out in court over the few remaining possessions of the bankrupt New York City Opera — mainly its name and its Manhattan thrift shop — is proving rich in operatic drama and characters.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Do Iraqi Arts Students Get U.S. Dance, Music, Or Art Instructors?
Skype, of course. “For the pianist Hersh Anwer, 24, of Erbil, the visits meant access to trained professionals. ‘After they’re gone, there is no piano teacher,’ he said.”
What’s The Classical Music Equivalent Of ‘The Nutcracker’?
“Those working in the trenches of classical music must view ‘The Nutcracker’ with envious despair. For choruses everywhere, the holiday season is the time for Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ and there is a sizable audience happy to hear it annually. Music doesn’t get any better than this.”
In Less Than A Year, Los Angeles Will Have Its New Broad Museum
“I’m working with what you would call a curator’s dollhouse of my own. We had a big decision to make about how to arrange the walls, especially of the third-floor galleries, because we have complete flexibility up there, 35,000 square feet and no columns, and there’s nothing dictating where the walls will go.”
Dancers And Other Artists Protest After Belgian Opera House Kills Off Its Entire Dance Budget
“The potential break with dance is startling at a theater that has had exceptionally strong links to the form since 1960.”
The Challenge – And The Joy – Of Playing Martin Luther King
“Mr. Oyelowo worked and traveled throughout the South, studying Dr. King and his times to offer a deeply inhabited interpretation, hoping to accomplish what Daniel Day-Lewis did with the title role in ‘Lincoln’ and Denzel Washington did as the star of ‘Malcolm X.'”
Some Questions To Ask – And Answer – For Theatres Doing ‘Color-Conscious’ Casting
“As a South Asian American, I’ve often felt frustrated by the lack of my community’s stories on stage; what’s even more frustrating is feeling that, when that story is being told, it relies on stereotypes or caricatures as opposed to challenging those mainstream perceptions.”
Wave Of ‘Weird Architecture’ May Have Hit Its Peak In China
“As Communist uniformity gave way to a tangle of political and market forces over the past three decades, avant-garde foreign and overseas-trained Chinese architects have burst on the scene, making booming Chinese megacities staging points, critics argue, for radical visions that would be unbuildable elsewhere.”
The Portrait King Of Elizabethan England
“‘If he lived today, we’d probably call him a selfie-addict,’ said the historian Elizabeth Goldring, who has uncovered details of Dudley’s extraordinary collection for a new study of the man who probably won the heart, although not the hand, of Elizabeth I.”
North Korea Refuses To Meet With UN Security Council, Partly Because Of Controversy Around ‘The Interview’
“The mere threat of damage to Kim Jong Un’s image has outraged the North Korean government. Such fury is thought to be behind the Sony hacking. North Korea has denied the attack but has suggested it was a ‘righteous deed’ carried out by sympathizers.”