“We’ve not given up make-believe. We want nothing more than to revive the fake prosperity that preceded the crash. Just like Gatsby, we want to return to a world that was conjured into being from dreams.”
Tag: 05.31.13
Crowd-Sourced (And Approved) Opera
“The president of the American Lyric Theater, led a discussion with the capacity audience, whom he invited first to give short statements about the work they had just heard. One listener described the score as ‘a vivid smear of humanity against a mechanical background.'”
Some Big Questions About Financial Competence At The Minnesota Orchestra
The orchestra’s artistic performance grew in the past decade. But its financial performance underperformed in significant, puzzling ways. Questions about the orchestra’s management mount.
Ballet’s Not Dead – It’s More Creative Than It’s Been In Years
“For about two decades after the death in 1983 of the great choreographer George Balanchine, critics lamented the dearth of important new dance makers in classical ballet. … Then at the dawn of the 21st century came Christopher Wheeldon at the New York City Ballet, and Alexei Ratmansky at the Bolshoi Ballet. Suddenly ballets seemed to offer something fresh and new.” And they’re not by any means the only ones.
Edinburgh Fringe 2013 Will Be Largest Ever (Though With Less Comedy)
“The Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme has grown again, with a 6.5% increase in shows in this year’s event compared to the previous one. … However, for the first time in years, the percentage of shows classed as comedy has reduced from 36% to 33%, with a corresponding growth in spoken word and cabaret shows.”
Franca Rame, 84, Actress, Playwright, And Partner To Dario Fo
“Over six decades of personal, professional and political partnership, [the couple] wrote a series of well-known plays credited to them jointly. … But by all accounts, their collaboration was so close, and so seamless, that in most cases even pieces credited exclusively to one or the other … bear the stamp of both.”