When Paul Daniel, the outgoing music director of the English National Opera, conducted his last performance recently, he was sent out the door with a standing ovation, thunderous applause… and one incredibly persistent man booing him from a private box. The booing, as it turns out, was coming from the ENO’s own director of marketing, who was offended by Daniel’s recent criticism of some ENO management figures. In the wake of the incident, some members of the audience have called for the marketing director to be fired.
Tag: 06.09.05
Martha Graham Company Hits Another Troubled Patch
The troubled Martha Graham Company is reorganizing. “An administrative ‘streamlining,’ as the leadership called it last week, left no room for the artistic directors, Christine Dakin and Terese Capucilli, who were universally credited with bringing the company back to life. The move has caused some members of the company to take sides, and confused others.”
Boy Choir Falls Short Of Recruits
Europe’s oldest boys choir school has fallen on hard times. “For centuries, parents brought their 9- to 14-year-old boys to the choir and its music school, known as the Escolania of Montserrat, then part company for most of the next 11 months. But in recent years, fewer parents in Catalonia, this northeastern region of Spain, have been willing to send their children away for so long. When only 8 students were admitted last year from a pool of 20, the fewest number of candidates in recent decades, it was clear the future of the school, which dates to at least the 13th century, was at stake.”