“Google isn’t the only organization taking steps to make important works of literature available online. The Morgan Library & Museum in New York has invited technicians and scholars to create a digital facsimile of one of its Gutenberg Bibles, the library has announced.”
Tag: 01.15.09
Dealer Arrested Over Alleged Smuggling Of Egyptian Artifacts
“A wanted Lebanese antiquities dealer has been arrested in Bulgaria over accusations he stole ancient Egyptian artifacts and slipped them out of the country in recent years, Egypt’s Culture Ministry said on Thursday.”
Welsh National Opera Scores Two Major Role Debuts
Critics will be flocking to Cardiff next season to hear two of the world’s top baritones trying out touchstones of the repertoire: Local hero Bryn Terfel will sing his first Hans Sachs in Wagner’s Meistersinger, and Simon Keenlyside will take on Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Orange County PAC Lays Off Staff
The Southern California arts center has let go an unspecified number of its approximately 100 employees – the first layoffs in the center’s 20-year history.
Joana Carneiro To Succeed Nagano At Berkeley Symphony
The 32-year-old Lisbon native, who is a former assistant conductor at the L.A. Philharmonic and a close associate of composer John Adams (a Berkeley resident), succeeds Kent Nagano, who stayed with the Berkeley Symphony for 30 years, even as his international career soared. Carneiro will also keep her current job as principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in her hometown.
New Leadership At Israel Chamber Orchestra
“Conductor Roberto Paternostro has been appointed musical adviser to the Israel Chamber Orchestra, effective immediately. He will take responsibility for the music, the musical makeup of the orchestra, foreign tours and fund-raising… Additionally, noted violinist and baroque instrumentalist Elizabeth Wallfisch has been appointed to head the orchestra’s baroque programming.”
Randy Adams, 64, CEO Who Saved St. Louis Symphony
A former banking executive, Adams took the reins of the SLSO in 2001; over six years, he saw the orchestra through the fatal illness of one music director (Hans Vonk), the recruiting of another (the coveted David Robertson), an all-too-close brush with bankruptcy and a bitter musicians’ strike – and the septupling of the orchestra’s endowment.
Does Theatre Have A Part To Play In Gaza Conflict?
“Is it frivolous to be making or talking about theatre while people are dying in Gaza? … As those of us who marched against the invasion of Iraq know all too well, demonstrating in a democracy often changes nothing. But can theatre do more? Can it engage quickly with such crises, and can it play a part – if not in fixing the world, then at least in helping to change it?”
Asterix Artist’s Daughter Says He’s Betrayed His Creation
“The Romans may not have defeated Asterix, but his creator, Albert Uderzo, stands accused of surrendering to the indomitable Gaul’s worst enemies: businessmen and financiers.” The specifics of the illustrator’s crime, for which his daughter pilloried him yesterday in Le Monde? He has “given authorisation for the bestselling series to continue after his death.”
Emancipation Proclamation On Loan To History Museum
“A rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation has been lent to the National Museum of American History by Washington financier David M. Rubenstein. The print, one of 48 signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was purchased by Rubenstein a few months ago in a private sale.”