“The [$8.8 million operating] deficit, which followed four years of small surpluses, exceeds the previous record shortfall of $6 million in 2012, when the orchestra was mired in a contract dispute between management and musicians that resulted in a 15-month lockout. Yet orchestra President and CEO Michelle Miller Burns described the organization’s financial position as ‘strong.'” And, it turns out, she does have a point. – The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Cecilia Bartoli To Run Her First Opera House
The now-veteran mezzo (age 53) has been artistic director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival since 2012, but in 2023 she will take over her first full-fledged company, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. – The New York Times
Buffalo jumps and handmade lingerie: the Native American artists ‘reversing colonialism’
“Slaughter grounds thick with buffalo remains and a savaging of Thanksgiving myths are two of the highlights in the new wave of indigenous art heading for Britain.” – The Guardian
Judy Dworin Performance Project celebrates 30 years of dancing for social justice
“It’s funny to think of art that is so topical and of-the-moment having such a long history. It’s a big deal when any regional dance company turns 30, but especially remarkable for one that has built its reputation not with mainstream classics but with political, psychological, dramatic works about such fraught topics as immigration, slavery, domestic abuse and civil rights.” – Hartford Courant