“She had been due to star in the ENO’s Orpheus and Eurydice, which is choreographer Wayne McGregor’s opera directing debut, this October. Alice Coote will step in to play the role of Orpheus, while Julie Boulianne will now take her place at the BBC Proms, singing Berlioz’s [L’Enfance du Christ]. – BBC
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This Year’s Kennedy Center Honorees
This year’s class of honorees, the 42nd annual since 1978, is eclectic as usual. – NPR
More Sexual Misconduct Accusations Against Opera Star David Daniels Emerge
A new court filing in the lawsuit by former student Andrew Lipian against the countertenor and the University of Michigan (where he is tenured faculty) “cites a handful of witnesses who spoke to the UM Office of Institutional Equity, tasked with investigating on-campus sexual misconduct, indicating they were aware of or had experienced sexually inappropriate conduct by Daniels.” – MLive (Michigan)
Study: Smartphone Users More Comfortable Expressing Emotions With Emojis Than In a Phone Call
The majority of respondents (65%) said they are more comfortable expressing their emotions through emojis than a phone call. That number rises to 83% among Gen Z users, who represent the largest segment of media audience, according to the 2017 Nielsen Total Audience Report. – Hyperallergic
Frieder Burda, Who Founded Museum For His Collection Of German Expressionism, Dead At 83
“Titled the Museum Frieder Burda, the space [in Baden-Baden] has displayed works by artists Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke, Max Beckmann, Gerhard Richter, and Pablo Picasso. The museum was also notably the first to display Banksy’s self-destroying artwork, Love is in the Bin (2018). – ARTnews
Francoise Gilot Was Picasso’s Muse. When She Left He Predicted Disaster. It Didn’t Turn Out That Way
“For one thing, Gilot ended up happily married to Jonas Salk, who was doubtless secure enough in his own accomplishments to like her for reasons that had nothing to do with Picasso. And she went on to have an admired career as an artist. Gilot is ninety-seven now; she has been painting nearly as long as Picasso did, and is enjoying something of a revival.” – The New Yorker
Scarlett Johansson Says Her Comments On Casting Were Taken Out Of Context
In a recent interview with As If magazine, she said actors should be allowed to play any person “because that is my job and the requirement of my job”. On Saturday, Johansson said those comments were subsequently edited in other publications for “clickbait”. – The Guardian
A History Of Celebrity (Why We Care)
Celebrity distinguishes itself from other forms of public approbation because it centres on the individual personality. Celebrities reflect our personhood – they show us who we are. But they also charm us with illusion, showing us whom we want to be. – Aeon
Marcus Overton, Who Managed Classical Music Institutions From Coast To Coast, Dead At 75
“His many management credits included production stage manager at Chicago Lyric Opera, where his colleagues included William Mason, later the company’s general director; general manager of the Ravinia Festival; director of performing arts at the Smithsonian Institution; executive director and then producing director of Spoleto Festival USA; and artistic administrator at La Jolla Music Society.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
Vandalism And Self-Mutilation As Art (Jail Too)
For Pyotr Pavlensky, the judicial process is an integral part of the artwork. “The government’s aim is to suppress or neutralize art, to reduce me to a vandal, a madman, a provocateur, but the criminal case becomes one of the layers of the artwork, the portal through which you enter and see the mechanisms of power exposed.” – The New York Times