“‘We are assuming that the Bolshoi Theatre’s historic building will be opened on October 2, 2011,’ deputy general director Anton Getman said … ‘”I will not risk naming an earlier date, but we must do all that is in our power to let the public in on October 2, and we will,’ Getman said, adding that the troupe might get access to the historic stage as early as June or July.”
Tag: 03.27.10
Copies Of Great Art Are A Hit With Tourists
“Whether to rewrite history or reinterpret masterpieces, replicas made with a palette of high-tech tools are changing the way tourists see art.”
What The New NEA Chairman Has Learned On His National Tour
Since he announced an Art Works Tour in October, Rocco Landesman has traveled to 13 cities. His message, whether talking to artists or businessmen or donors, he said, is that “art jobs are real jobs that are part of the real economy.”
The New Percussion
“Over the last 100 years, composers and musicians have walked separate paths. But today’s percussionists may be changing that already.”
Met Opera Gets $30 Million Gift, Its Largest Ever
“It came at a time when the Met is sorely in need of cash,” Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said in an interview at his office on Friday. “We really need it, and we need a lot more than that. We have been in a position of significant financial challenge.”