For many of Jeremy Reynolds's friends, $40 was too much for taking a chance on the unfamiliar. "It’s the low end of ticket prices that will keep out the casual listener, the friend of someone who wants to go, the young couple interested in trying something new for date night." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The series at the Free Library of Philadelphia regularly attracted both A-list authors and large, enthusiastic audiences. Then, this past summer, the entire Author Events staff resigned with one month's notice but were fired the next day. Here's a look into why that happened and what's come since. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen is sending to Turkey a 2,000-year-old head which belongs to a bronze statue of the emperor Septimius Severus. That statue, looted from an Anatolian archaeological site in the 1960s, was returned from the Met Museum last year. - The New York Times
Attending the London opening of the musical The Devil Wears Prada (for which he composed the score), the 77-year-old said that an infection earlier this year had left him with only limited vision in one eye. - AP
"Matías Tarnopolsky will become president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic ... after six years heading the Philadelphia Orchestra, a hiring boosted by his long friendship with incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel. … (He) fills a void created when Gary Ginstling quit in July just one season into the job." - AP
"'I can honestly say to young galleries ... that I too have been wait-listed for Positions,' (ABMB director Bridget Finn) said, referring to a section of the fair earmarked for up-and-coming gallerists. 'I understand, in great depth — financially and psychologically — how fairs are a challenge.'" - The New York Times
"While American colleagues were often skeptical of the ensemble’s fondness for the Medieval, their colleagues in Europe, where the Camerata had begun touring in the 1970s, were skeptical of its exploration into Americana," an early repertoire which the Boston Camerata was among the first professional groups to explore. - Early Music America
Noseda's very active tenure (2007-2018) at the Teatro Regio cemented his international reputation, and he's currently music director at the National Symphony in Washington, DC and the Zurich Opera House. His successor in Turin is 37-year-old Andrea Battistoni, currently chief conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic. - OperaWire
"Nowadays, we often imagine ancient Mesoamerican art and architecture as colorless ... But just as with Greek and Roman statues, these artifacts were once aglow with bright colors. And not just any bright colors, but carefully chosen palettes and combinations that reflected the social, cultural, and spiritual beliefs of their creators." - Artnet
"In 2024 the average most expensive ticket outside of London was £56.46, compared to £49.19 last year. This is 63% cheaper than the average top-price ticket across West End theatres, which was £154.56. The average cheapest ticket in theatres across the UK was £20.96, a 1.5% decrease on 2023." - The Stage
"Theatrical fight directors have a cut-throat job. At extreme pace, in line with other people’s creative vision, they must devise high-intensity fights that can be repeated without injury night after night while retaining the aggressive bite required to convince an audience. … The room for error is devastatingly small." - The Guardian
But that’s over, and Hollywood hasn’t figured out how to win those “casual moviegoers” back since the early days of the pandemic. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"After five months of tense negotiations, the American Guild of Musical Artists says it has made limited progress in securing a new collective bargaining agreement for its members that addresses important issues like wages, safety and working conditions." The contract ends on Dec. 6, Nutcracker's opening night. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
It’s not as if the money is going to the artists, either. "The music industry may be the worst example of rampant commercialism,” one consultant says - before accusing cinemas, theatre, sports, and tourism as well. - The Observer (UK)
Explaining the culture war being fought by right-wing nationalist prime minister Robert Fico's government — particularly his culture minister, former television host Martina Šimkovičová — against both national institutions and smaller independent groups, and how those groups are trying to resist. - Eurozine
