“The Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School have agreed to pool their resources in a program for young opera singers, as well as pianists who hope to work as vocal accompanists or opera conductors… James Levine, the music director at the Met, will be its artistic director and will conduct the participants and the Juilliard Orchestra in an annual opera performance.”
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Major Arts Funding Cuts In Australia
“Collecting institutions, including the National Library of Australia and the National Gallery, will take cuts of almost $20million over the next four years, as part of the across-the-board increase in the efficiency dividend. The $24 million Australia on the World Stage program has been scrapped and the program for cultural diplomacy halved to $4.2 million.”
Thomas Krens Out At The Guggenheim
The museum’s visionary leader worked to globalize the Guggenheim brand. “In a statement on Wednesday the foundation emphasized that Mr. Krens would remain at the foundation as a senior adviser for international affairs, overseeing the creation of a 452,000-square-foot museum in Abu Dhabi to be designed by Frank Gehry.”