Tenor Christoph Prégardien tool Best Vocal Recital and Recording of the Year for his Schubert Schöne Müllerin, while countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, already named Vocal Artist of the Year, took Best Baroque Recording for Carestini: The Story of a Castrato. Among other winners were Doctor Atomic, Charles Mackerras, La Venexiana, Kaija Saariaho, Christoph Eschenbach and The Sixteen.
Tag: 01.21.09
Zaha Hadid To Build ‘Diamond Grasshopper’ In The Diamond City
The starchitect “has unveiled images of a grasshopper-like extension to a refurbished fire station in Antwerp to house the port authority headquarters… [Her] practice will design both the extension and the refurbishment of the fire station at an estimated construction cost of €30.5m.”
FBI Kept A File On George Carlin (But Missed Those Seven Words)
After two concerned citizens wrote letters to the Bureau complaining about Carlin making fun of J. Edgar Hoover and his agency, the FBI began keeping tabs on the comedian. But the file contained nothing about Carlin’s “seven words you can never say on television” routine, which led to a landmark Supreme Court case.
Some Actresses Don’t Need To Retire
It’s not enough that 81-year-old Estelle Parsons is starring eight times a week in August: Osage County on Broadway – she’s doing the national tour afterwards. (She lifts weights, too.) Meanwhile, Olympia Dukakis, 77, will do a six-wwek run in Craig Lucas’s The Singing Forest at the Public Theater this spring.
Taking Cultural Diplomacy To The Next Level
Martinu’s Symphony No. 1 is getting its (belated) Bulgarian premiere this week in Sofia. And who’s conducting? Martin Klepetko, the Czech Republic’s ambassador to Bulgaria and a trained musicologist and conductor.
What New Publishing Will Look Like
“A lot of headlines and blogs to the contrary, publishing isn’t dying. But it is evolving, and so radically that we may hardly recognize it when it’s done. … The novel won’t stay the same: it has always been exquisitely sensitive to newness, hence the name. It’s about to renew itself again, into something cheaper, wilder, trashier, more democratic and more deliriously fertile than ever.”
In Lawsuit, Artist Richard Prince Accused Of Lifting Images
“French photographer Patrick Cariou has launched a lawsuit against Richard Prince, claiming that the artist improperly lifted images from Cariou’s photographic survey of Rastafarian culture for a recent series of paintings. The suit, filed in New York, also names as defendants Larry Gagosian, Prince’s dealer who displayed the series in a recent show titled ‘Canal Zone’, and publishing house Rizzoli, which co-produced the catalogue.”
Christmas Carol Was A Failure. Let’s Do It Again Next Year.
Kevin Von Feldt’s “A Christmas Carol” at the Kodak Theatre “experienced casting and technical problems and, despite a starry lineup … ended up realizing only 18.8% of the potential box office.” Von Feldt acknowledges “that there are indeed many bills he has left partially unpaid to creditors in the wake of the show’s financial failure.” His plan for paying those bills? Produce the show again next year.
Making Tropical Landscaping Into An Art
“Brazil teems with jungles, forests and all sorts of exotic plants, flowers and trees. But until the Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx came along to tame and shape his country’s exuberant flora, his countrymen had mostly disdained the natural riches that, often literally, flourished in their own backyards.”
But Carnegie’s Hardly Exempt From The Economic Downturn
Next season is 10% smaller than the current one – which has seen its budget revised downward by $4 million. Individual giving is down by 18%, and there’s a hiring freeze. Three orchestras planning to appear at Carnegie next season have withdrawn after losing corporate sponsorship.