Seiji “Ozawa, who spent three decades with the Boston Symphony Orchestra before joining Vienna in 2002, revealed in January that he had oesophageal cancer.”
Tag: 06.04.10
Remembering David Dillon
“David was a positive influence in the evolution of architecture throughout our city, for a long time. I think he was objectively critical and perceptive, and he urged us to strive for the highest standards, without yielding to compromise or accepting mediocrity.”
Sitcom Star Rue McClanahan, One Of ‘The Golden Girls,’ Dead At 76
“[She] won an Emmy for her role as Blanche Devereaux, a sassy Southern belle on the series that ran from 1985 to 1992. She also played Bea Arthur’s best friend in Maude in the early 1970s.”
Creating An Audience For Opera In Hong Kong
“Opera represents the pinnacle of prestige among the performing arts, but the high-brow reputation intimidates audiences who have grown up with raucous Chinese opera and don’t know that the Western variety is equally fun to watch. As a result Hong Kong’s opera scene is tiny,” which worries the people who will be running the new 2,000-seat opera house in the West Kowloon Cultural District. “Cue Hong Kong’s most active opera evangelist.”