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Soprano Gianna Rolandi, 68
New York-born, South Carolina-raised and Curtis-trained, she became one of the top American coloraturas of her generation and one of the stars of New...
The Industry, Yuval Sharon’s Opera Company In L.A., Adds Two Artistic Directors
Sharon, the MacArthur fellow who founded the company in 2012 and who became artistic director of Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit last September, isn't...
Banksy Loses More Trademarks In Europe
"The European Union's intellectual property office just reinforced last month's invalidation of a trademark owned by the British street artist Banksy. The latest rulings...
Venice Will Go On UNESCO’s Endangered List If It Doesn’t Ban Cruise Ships
In March, the Italian central government issued a long-awaited decree barring cruise ships from the historic city, citing the damage that the enormous vessels...
Naples, Florida Tries And Tries, But Just Can’t Settle On Arts Policy And Funding
"Hours devoted to discussing, refining, retooling and rejecting arts policies for Collier County over the last 10 years: Roughly 500 Committee meetings, public forums...
Actors’ Equity And Producers Settle On COVID Safety Rules For Broadway Tours
"The 17-page agreement says that producers must require all members of the traveling company to be fully vaccinated and mandates free weekly virus tests....
Using Dance To Heal Rape Survivors In Congo
"'I started doing this because of the girls who came to us in a state of silence. They were raped at a young age...
Massive New National Museum Of Norway, Home Of ‘The Scream’, Has Opening Date
"Initially slated to debut in 2020, the museum in Oslo — officially called the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design — will now...
Art For The Nose: In Paris, An Exhibition Of ‘Olfactory Sculptures’
"We have art for the eyes and music for the ears, but what about about creative stimuli for our sense of smell? A new...
McGraw-Hill Sold By One Private Equity Firm To Another At 88% Profit
"Eight years after it bought McGraw-Hill Education for $2.4 billion, Apollo Global Management has reached an agreement to sell the company to another private...
NPR Gets Fourth Regional News Hub, This One For Midwest
Thanks to a $4.7 milion grant from former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, the newsroom will be based at KCUR in...
Cincinnati Symphony Music Director Louis Langrée To Step Down In 2024
"It's difficult because I am very happy here. And this orchestra has made me a better conductor. But I can't just think of myself....
Philadelphia Orchestra To Consolidate With Kimmel Center Under New Organization
"Philadelphia Orchestra president and CEO Matías Tarnopolsky will become leader of the new parent company upon finalization of the deal, and Kimmel president and...
New Yorker Union Members And Condé Nast Agree On Contract
"After a protracted battle that nearly led to a workers strike, the staffers at three Condé Nast publications — The New Yorker, Ars Technica...
Journalist Janet Malcolm, 86
"A longtime New Yorker staff writer and the author of several books, the Prague native practiced a kind of post-modern style in which she...
America Slow Dance
That’s the name of a variation on “America the Beautiful” that I wrote for Min Kwon’s America/Beautiful project.But wait … what IS that? -...
Hello, Toscanini. And Hello, Doris Day — Hiding out from 2021 in the 1950s
On many days lately, the last places I've wanted to be are 2020 and 2021. I've been retreating to the 1950s, creating in my...
Mark George prepares youth through music education
The President & CEO of the Music Institute of Chicago shares about the evolving responsibility of preparing youth for society through music education. -...
Queer Cutlets at Judy’s Cafe
Stuck like a plum in a pound cake for a decade at The Philadelphia Inquirer, I wondered where to eat. A colleague knew I...
So Women Can’t Act In ‘Godot’, Eh? Take *This*, Beckett Estate!
In Godot Is a Woman by the theatre company Silent Faces, "three glum, bowler-hatted clowns … are waiting for the Beckett estate to answer...
Gottfried Böhm, The German Expressionist Of Brutalist Architects, Dead At 101
He was one of postwar German's most prominent architects, and had been the country's only living Pritzker Prize winner. "His most revered works resemble...
Narendra Modi Launches A Culture War Against Bollywood
" is using powerful tools to curtail the creative freedom of Bollywood — in particular the influence of Muslims, who have an outsize presence...
Planned Film About Jacinda Ardern And Christchurch Mosque Massacre Draws Huge Backlash In New...
The just-announced project They Are Us, to be written and directed by New Zealander Andrew Niccol (writer and co-producer of The Truman Show, writer-director...
As Marin Alsop Leaves The Baltimore Symphony, Why Aren’t There More Maestras At Top...
"When she took the position in 2007, she was the first female music director of a top-tier American orchestra. She was, it seemed certain...
Conductor Grant Llewellyn, Late Of North Carolina Symphony, Makes His Way Back From A...
Last summer, back home in Wales after completing his 16-year term in Raleigh, he suffered what turned out to be a three-day stroke that...
