“All books can be thrust into a genre, and lit fic is simply one of many. As a tag, it tells us nothing about the intrinsic value of any individual title.”
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How Much Is The Work Of A Met Opera Chorister Worth?
“No one blinks when an experienced corporate manager earns a six-figure salary in this city. But an opera singer? We still romanticize the image of the starving artist. We like to think that talent will eventually fill dinner plates and checking accounts. But in real life, people who can’t pay their bills often put aside their passions, starved of the training, the attention and the resources they need to shine.”
It’s Been A Bloody Year For San Diego Arts Orgs
San Diego Opera is far from alone …
Meet The Philanthropist Who’s Saving San Diego Opera
“She’s been described as gracious, thoughtful and reserved, someone who only speaks up when necessary. And 17 days ago, she reluctantly stepped into the spotlight in a last-ditch bid to save San Diego Opera from extinction.”
The Birth of Soviet Rock
Revisiting the furtive, constrained, vibrant, heady early days back in the USSR with people who were there from the very beginning in 1970s Riga and Leningrad.
Las Vegas Philharmonic Names Music Director
“Resident conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and music director of the symphony’s Youth Orchestra since 2009, [Donato] Cabrera became music director of the Bay Area’s California Symphony and the New Hampshire Music Festival last year. He’s also music director of Wisconsin’s Green Bay Symphony, a post he’s held since 2011.”
Pianist And Critic Harris Goldsmith, 78
“A rarity in classical music for his simultaneous careers as a professional pianist and a music critic … [and] known for his humor, wit and encyclopedic memory of recordings and performances, Mr. Goldsmith was a frequent contributor Musical America and High Fidelity magazine … as well as a prolific writer of liner and program notes.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.21.14
The gender gap in wages
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-04-22
Toronto’s Good Idea: “Just Like Me”
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-04-22
Mayor, Governor, President
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-04-21
Can You Discern What Is A Caravaggio And What Isn’t?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-04-21
Capital, inequality, and investments in art
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-04-21
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CBC And The Cool Factor – Not Quite
“It must be alternately infuriating and demoralizing to work for the CBC. The English-language television broadcaster gets zero public praise. Everyone’s a critic and the private media seem out to delegitimize your very existence.”
Storm Brewing Around New York’s MoMA Focuses On Its Direector
Glenn Lowry is “himself sometimes personally blamed for the museum’s image as a place that has become cold and corporate, that exercises its power too blithely and that is often out of touch with the sensibilities of contemporary artists.”