Tag: 04.19.17

At Pompeii, ‘There Will Be Regular Maintenance At Last’

In 2010 and 2014, a series of collapses and crumbled ruins at the site had many people worried for the survival of what’s left of the ancient Roman resort town. Now EU officials hail the turnaround and restoration there – called the Great Pompeii Project – as “a model for Europe.” Here’s a Q&A with Massimo Osanna, the archaeologist who oversees the entire site.

Philadelphia Theatre Company Goes Semi-Dark For 2017-18 Season

Having just come through a tumultuous period – a near-collapse, a rescue plan, foreclosure on its home stage (and another rescue), the resignation of the old boss after 35 years, and the arrival of a promising new boss – the flagship of Philadelphia’s nonprofit theaters is taking what its board chair calls “a year off from producing to get our house in order.”

Staging ‘The Great Canadian Opera’ To Focus On The Issue Canadian History Has Always Tried Not To Face

“The opera, Harry Somers’s Louis Riel, tells the story of Riel, who led two 19th-century uprisings against the young nation of Canada, helped found Manitoba and was hanged for treason.” Missing from the score, and from its early stagings around Canada’s centennial, were the voices of the country’s First Nations. The Canadian Opera Company’s new production (for Canada’s 150th anniversary) has found a poetic way to address that absence.

Russian Authorities Raid Hermitage, Seize Documents On Soviets’ Sale Of Confiscated Art

“A curator at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has claimed that government authorities have seized archives and books at the institution’s shops related to the Soviets’ sale of art nationalised after the Bolshevik Revolution to Western collectors, sparking fears of an attempt to rewrite the country’s history.”