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Tag: 05.04.08
Long-Lost Vivaldi Opera Gets First Hearing In 278 Years
Argippo, “discovered by a Czech musician as he rummaged through an old archive of anonymous scores, was being staged at a castle in Prague, the city where it had its premiere in 1730.”
How To Save Gone With The Wind
Critics savaged the London musical. So, “with rumours that managers planned to paste a closing announcement at the New London Theatre this weekend, the show’s producer has pledged to shave 15 minutes off its running time in the hope of holding the attention spans of audiences.”
A New Festival Celebrates The New American Musical
“It will include full productions, staged readings, workshops of musicals in progress, cabaret events, concerts, master classes and other events. Festival producers are partnering with more than 20 theaters and performing arts organizations.”
The Global Tan Dun
“Tan Dun is a kind of rock star of the modern music scene. He won an Oscar for the score of Ang Lee’s film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Hopping around the world, from Shanghai to Stockholm, from Tokyo to New York, he conducts and introduces his own music to a global audience of rapturous fans.”
The Key To Good Opera?
It starts with casting. And casting isn’t a simple matter of opening your ears…
The Online Art Fraud
Thinking about buying art online? Be careful. “An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay.”
Schiller’s Tomb (Er, Not)
“After two years of painstaking DNA research, experts have determined that none of the remains billed as those of Schiller belong to the German writer, who died in Weimar in 1805.”
Alice Walker To Daughter: I Resign As Your Mother
Alice Walker’s daughter has talked about what a terrible mother Walker was. “Walker is furious with Rebecca for making such sentiments public, and mother and daughter are estranged with little hope of reconciliation.”
Zimbabwe Is Melting Down. What To Do? Throw An Ambitious Arts Festival
“Perhaps when the world is looking in your direction and counting down to economic and civil collapse, the only thing to do is to build a giant stage and start thinking the impossible.”