The filmmaker was detained for possible extradition to the U.S. upon his arrival at Zurich’s airport. He was traveling to the city to accept a lifetime achievement award from the organizers of the Zurich Film Festival.
Tag: 09.27.09
Booing At The Opera Makes The NY Times Op-Ed Page
The column by a pair of contributors observes that the catcalls at the Met’s new Tosca are nothing new. “[Booing is] a prerogative that though common to other arenas of spectatorship is the signature privilege of opera. … [T]he earliest audiences took aim mainly at composers; later patrons focused their attacks on singers; and, most recently, designers and directors have taken the heat.”
31 Years Of Dreams Become Reality In Dallas Arts District
It took three decades, more than half a dozen starchitects, several public referenda, entirely too many turf battles and logistical snafus, and around a billion dollars in total – including $354 million raised during the current nasty recession – but the long-dreamed-of Dallas Arts District is nearing completion as two of its crown jewels open to the public.
ABT Plans Annual Residency At Bard College In Hudson Valley
Says artistic director Kevin McKenzie: “We are a company rooted in repertory. But we also do new things, and those are the ones that are the most stressful. The Bard season allows me to take them out on their own. It’s always best to get a look at it at least once [before a NYC season], so you have a chance to make any adjustments.”
The Best Cure For Morning Sickness? Sing Madama Butterfly
Soprano Antionette Halloran: “I’d be lying in bed with buckets and towels, feeling so sick … But then I’d go on stage and feel great. The best time of that whole first trimester was the hours I spent on stage. The nausea just goes away.”
Opening-Night Boos And All, Gelb’s Met Is Not The Old Met
Beginning the season as he did, “with a brand-new, pared-down production of an opera that was a trademark of the old Met, was ‘not an accident,'” Peter Gelb said. “His self-proclaimed mission from the beginning has been to revivify an institution whose core audience he thinks is rapidly aging itself to extinction…. ‘I didn’t understand fully how difficult it was going to be,’ he added.”