SF-MOMA Selects Architect For $250M Expansion: Snohetta

“Can an art museum in this economic climate raise $480 million for an ambitious expansion and endowment campaign without a world famous architect like Frank Gehry or Renzo Piano attached to the project? SFMOMA has just placed a very big bet that it can, by selecting the critically acclaimed but not so commonly known Oslo-based firm Snøhetta,” which is best known for Norway’s new national opera house.

Director Peter Stein Quits Met Opera’s New Boris

“German director Peter Stein has withdrawn ‘for personal reasons’ from the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Boris Godunov, the company announced on Wednesday. Stephen Wadsworth will take over the production, which is set for its debut on October 11.” The sets and costumes for the staging have already been made, and conductor Valery Gergiev and bass René Pape remain scheduled.