“Slatkin, who turns 63 on Sept. 1, said that while he has not yet received a formal offer from the DSO, he was continuing discussions about the post with DSO president and executive director Anne Parsons and Peter Oundjian, the orchestra’s artistic adviser and principal guest conductor.”
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What Leonard Slatkin Would Mean To Detroit Symphony
“Not least, Slatkin would make of Detroit his own new place in the sun. He expects to preside over a generous portion of the DSO’s 24 classical weeks each season, and he says unequivocally that he would live in the city.”
Opera – In With The New
Surprisingly, there is clear evidence that the operatic repertory is expanding, as major opera companies seek to appeal to a wide audience with a variety of tastes. Premieres will always be partly about prestige, but they are also part of a diversity strategy that is particularly obvious in companies that give a large number of performances.
Visual Art Takes On Edinburgh Festival
A few years ago, visual art at the annual Edinburgh Festival was the poor relation of theatre and comedy. Now, with the fourth Edinburgh Art Festival co-ordinating a series of exhibitions and art-related events in galleries around the city, it is taking centre stage.
Seattle Symphony To Have Four Concertmasters
“Although no other U.S. orchestras employ more than one concertmaster, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra announced Thursday that it has hired four for its new season, starting Sept. 24. … ‘There’s no such thing as four (concertmasters) at one symphony in the U.S. or even two,’ said Gerard Schwarz, SSO music director. ‘In Europe, it’s the opposite.'”
Longtime Director Of Seattle’s Asian Museum To Retire
“Ron Chew, a self-taught curator who turned a rundown museum into a nationally acclaimed institution for Asian history and culture, will retire at the end of the year. With the Wing Luke Asian Museum scheduled to complete its $23 million capital campaign and relocate into a historic, three-story building in the Chinatown-International District by early next year, executive director Chew said he has achieved all his goals.”
Children’s Theatre Company Names Managing Director
“The Children’s Theatre Company, the nation’s largest theater for youth and families, announced Thursday that Gabriella Calicchio will be its next managing director. … Since 2001, Calicchio, 43, has been managing director of the 40-year-old Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley, Calif.”
Canadian Opera Co.’s Richard Bradshaw Dies At 63
“Richard Bradshaw, the British conductor who waged what he often called ‘the thirty years war’ to build an opera house in Toronto, died Wednesday evening of an apparent heart attack at Pearson airport after returning from a holiday with his wife in the Maritimes.”
Why Elvis’s Dancing Still Captivates
“The inherent eroticism of dance — with all its sweaty bodies in any sort of motion — can shift from discreet to overt with even the subtlest of movements. But there was nothing subtle about Elvis Presley, whose death, 30 years ago today, has been widely commemorated this week. Those loose, jutting hips gave America in the mid-1950s enough eroticism via dance to stop and stare.”
Music Critic Alan Blyth Dies At 78
“Alan Blyth, the distinguished music critic, has died from cancer two weeks after his 78th birthday. A specialist on singers and singing, Blyth held trenchant views on the modern school of opera production, particularly those offering radical reinterpretations (‘misrepresentations’ might be Blyth’s word) of the classics.”