New studies confirm that classical listeners often respond differently to female conductors – but that’s not always a bad thing. (Also, those thinking about a random string of numbers during a performance won’t be distracted by gender. Really.)
Author: ArtsJournal2
Putting The H For History Back In Romance At The Oregon Ballet Theatre
“The upper-class ballet lovers watching the curtain go up on opening night of Giselle in 1841 were sitting on a time bomb, and they knew it.”
A ‘Cathedral’ Barn From The Middle Ages Is Saved For The UK
“Dating from 1426, early in the reign of boy-king Henry VI and not long after the death of Chaucer, the Great Barn was one of several built in an area now largely swallowed up by the outer west London suburbs.” After nearly being knocked out for a Heathrow runway and sold to a neglectful developer for £1, the barn now belongs to English Heritage.
After ‘The Death of Klinghoffer,’ Alice Goodman’s Career Was Over – Does She Regret It?
“The controversy silenced her creatively for decades, depriving us of the talents of one of opera’s most poetic librettist. WH Auden said the most important thing the librettist does is inspire the composer. Goodman did that and more: her two libretti stood on their own as works of art. ‘I would have liked to have written more than two operas,’ says Goodman. ‘But I’m glad those were the ones I wrote.'”
The Internet Isn’t An Organic, Natural Entity – And It Needs Active Defenders
“The question now is whether the people who got mobilized around SOPA and PIPA, called their senators and congresspeople, and agitated on the Internet, will become a political force by making clear that candidates’ record on Internet issues will be an important factor in their voting decisions. That is not yet clear. So it was definitely a short-term victory but we will see whether it will be a long-term victory.”
Napoleonland, Where France Reigns Mostly Supreme, May Become Theme Park Reality
Yes, really: “Mr. Jégo envisions visitors skiing through a re-enactment of Napoleon’s catastrophic retreat from Russia surrounded by the frozen bodies of soldiers and horses,’ he told the Sunday Times.”
As She Alters, And Controls, Her Career Path, Who Is Renée Fleming, Anyway?
The 52-year-old crossover opera star has now taken on the role of creative consultant to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and her opera career keeps on morphing. What will she do next, and why?
Royalties Are Waiting For You! Just Email This Company – And No, It’s No Scam
“SoundExchange is a non-profit that’s rapidly growing to become one of the most important organizations in the music industry. For many labels, it’s the No. 2 source of digital revenue only behind iTunes.” And it’s a nonprofit – which is both its salvation and a possible source of problems.
DreamWorks Has Successful Movies, And No More Funding
“Can a faltering film industry sustain a company that insists on making ambitious, Oscar-caliber, studio-size films — but without the deep pockets of a Viacom, which owns Paramount Pictures, or a News Corporation, the parent of 20th Century Fox?”
Will 3-D Forever Change Dance Films?
“Every classic dance film ever made would have infinitely more power with real dimensional space around, behind, above and in front of the dancers. Think about Fred Astaire gunning down the corps in ‘Top Hat’ or the fantastic colors and shapes in ‘The Red Shoes’ ballet or Baryshnikov defining male classicism for the whole century in ‘The Turning Point.'”