“There’s got to be a period of study, from age 16 to 22, and then it moves along. You can’t just think: ‘Oh, I can sing in the bathroom, I’ll be fine tonight on stage.’ Not at all. There is such a demand on the voice for it to be able to produce night after night.”
Tag: 06.10.13
Tony Awards Show Progress In Racial Casting
“While casting minority actors in roles that would traditionally go to white performers has been common for decades, as a way to offer fresh perspectives on a classic or to recognize an actor’s talents (or, yes, to sell tickets), the awards for Ms. Tyson and Ms. Miller helped ensure that these Tonys would be remembered.”
Philadelphia Orchestra Ends China Tour In A Casino
“Where else does your hotel serve cupcakes and ice cream for breakfast? And offer wake-up calls from Shrek? In Cantonese? [Macau, the] pleasure capital of Asia – one that is said to outstrip Las Vegas for superficial splendor – is only the latest unlikely host of the Philadelphia Orchestra.”
It’s Official: Bolshoi Dumps Nikolai Tsiskaridze
A Bolshoi spokesperson confirms that the principal dancer and Russian media celebrity – who has spent at least the last two years loudly criticizing the Bolshoi’s management, artistic product and renovation, and has repeatedly demanded that he himself be appointed the theater’s director – will not have his contract renewed when it expires at the end of this month.
Does ‘Yeah, No…’ Mean Yes Or No (Or Both)?
“In fact, according to research by a couple of Australian linguists, ‘yeah, no’ (and its less popular sibling ‘yes, no’) has a hidden logic all its own and can be used in a number of discrete ways. Listen to Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo dissect a construction that appears to be contradictory but is actually quite useful.”
Is It Okay (Or Even Legal) To Make Art From Other People’s ‘Abandoned’ DNA?
“It has been described as both ‘creepy’ and ‘cool’. But amid the publicity surrounding a provocative art project that creates ‘facial reconstruction’ sculptures based on the analysis of DNA on cigarette butts, chewing gum, and other detritus collected from the streets of New York City, one question has remained unasked: is it legal?”
Opera Conductor Bruno Bartoletti, 86
“[While he] conducted around the world, including in Rome, at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and, for many years, at the Maggio Musicale festival in Florence,” he was best known for his 35 years as artistic director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, which he heped make into one of the world’s top companies.
Watch One Of The First Female Standups Own The Room On Live TV
“At a time when many moms on television were paragons of domesticity, [Jean] Carroll’s act lampooned that image. In this clip, she’s dressed in a party dress, a choker, and heels. (She often wore fancy clothes to perform.)”
Selling Broadway: The Tonys Do It
“If anything could restore faith in the American theater it was Sunday’s exuberant Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.”
Iain Banks, 59, Novelist And ‘Irreplaceable Part of The Literary World’
“After announcing his illness in April, Banks asked his publishers to bring forward the release date of his latest novel, The Quarry, so he could see it on the shelves. ‘Just three weeks ago he was presented with finished copies.'”