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MAKE UP YOUR MIND

Reviews for John Harbison’s “Great Gatsby” were all over the map. A third loved it. Another third thought it awful, and another regretted that it didn’t work, though they wanted it to. “As a whole, the reviews present a more dismaying portrait of the profession of music criticism than they do of ‘The Great Gatsby.’ The opera was criticized for both being too old-fashioned and traditional, and for being too modern and ‘cacophonous’ in sound.” – Boston Globe

Harbison undaunted by reviews. Already planning for revivals and subsequent performances. – Boston Globe 01/21/00

THREE-CORNERED HAT

Placido Domingo’s role with the Los Angeles Opera expands – singer, conductor and director. – Los Angeles Times

TEMIRKANOV’S DEBUT

The Baltimore Symphony’s new music director of an aristocrat. “If his tenure builds on the strengths of this performance, the Temirkanov years could be legendary.” – Washington Post

Previously:GETTING TO KNOW YOU: The Baltimore Symphony gets to know Yuri Temirkanov, its new music director. He’s definitely not a timebeater. – Baltimore Sun 01/20/00

MODERN CLASSIC

“Six years after its premiere, John Adams’ Violin Concerto is already a repertory staple — which is to say that interpretations vary as widely as those of the Beethoven or Sibelius concertos …” – San Francisco Chronicle

About time we heard this. – San Francisco Examiner 01/21/00

RECONCEIVING BERLIN

A new plan for Berlin’s Museum Island with its five great museums marks the reorganization of Berlin’s museum holdings. The plan “advocates a return to the Hegelian universalism that underpinned the creation of the island in the nineteenth century. The five buildings, which are to be connected by a series of underground passageways, will together present an overview of European painting and sculpture from its beginnings to the nineteenth century.” – The Art Newspaper

ELGIN MARBLES DEBATED

All was civil at this conference until just before the end … – The Art Newspaper

GUGGENHEIM AUSTRALIA?

Plans for latest branch outside Melbourne. – The Art Newspaper

Previously: WORLD DOMINATION: With Bilbao a hit and expansion planned for Venice, the Guggenheim eyes its next move. This time the focus is on South America. Sao Paulo, perhaps? – ARTnews

Previously: LOW-POWER REVOLUTION: This morning the Federal Communications Commission votes on whether to allow low-power radio stations. If yes, it will revolutionize the FM radio landscape and thousands of low-wattage new stations could spring up around the country. Existing FM stations oppose the idea. – Washington Post 01/20/00
What low-power stations mean to you. – Salon 01/20/00