He spent most of his career as a major star in the Verdi and bel canto repertoire in Europe. Yet he didn’t make his Metropolitan Opera debut until the age of 69 “(though he would gladly have sung there decades earlier, he said, if only the Met had asked him nicely).”
Tag: 06.04.10
An Opera So Popular It Crashes Opera Company’s Website
English National Opera’s website has crashed due to the high volume of people trying to book tickets for The Duchess of Malfi, which went on sale this morning.
Language Isn’t Just Communication, It’s How We Think
“One implication of this emerging line of research is that each language offers a unique window on the world and, so, each time a language dies – as is occurring increasingly frequently – a unique perspective perishes with it. That goes some way to explaining why so many societies exert efforts to preserve their languages against the onslaught of globalisation.”
Why Photographers Are Self-Publishing
“Self-publishing is not a new development in photography, but recently the trend to make, edit, design and produce your own photobook seems to have become an underground phenomenon.”
Why Is Innovation AWOL In American Colleges?
Critics charge that “colleges have failed to improve learning outcomes and productivity because they are resistant to change, underfunded and married to a process of shared governance that is at times cripplingly deliberative. But some panelists went further Thursday, arguing that there’s simply a dearth of shared ideas that a critical mass of institutions can rally around.”
The Hedge Fund Manager Takes His Skills To The Arts
“Earlier this year, the former president and chief investment officer of LJH Global Investments LLC said goodbye to 18 years in finance to focus on producing, promoting and advising on art. A longtime collector and museum patron, involved with London’s Tate Modern, New York’s Museum of Modern Art and other institutions, he is now putting his insider’s experience to work.”
Kids’ Dance – The Blurry Line Between Cute And Sexy
“The world of urban dance is both competitive and popular; other teachers are guilty of allowing their students to perform sexualized material at too young an age, simply to make a big impression at competitions.”
In Chicago – Every Storefront A Theatre
“Sure, small theater companies long have thrived in every nook and cranny of this city’s real estate — from the proverbial church basement, to rehabbed factory, to studio above a funeral home, to standard issue black box tucked into a legit theater space. But during the last few years, a handful of companies housed in hard-core storefront facilities — some operating under Equity contracts, others non-Equity — have enjoyed unusual success.”
Before You Can Regulate Ticket Scalping You First Have To Know What It Is
“The Internet and technological advances in ticketing systems used by theaters and sports teams have not only established new, tricky-to-regulate markets for tickets to be resold and exchanged, but also complicated the very idea of what a ticket is.”
British Museum Invites Wikipedia In
“About 40 Wikipedia contributors in the London area spent Friday with a ‘backstage pass’ to the museum, meeting with curators and taking photographs of the collection. And in a curious reversal in status, curators were invited to review Wikipedia’s treatment of the museum’s collection and make a case that important pieces were missing or given short shrift.”