“Apple, which invigorated online music with its iTunes store, is expected to reveal plans next week to offer downloadable movies from Walt Disney Co. Amazon has agreements with at least three of the other major studios to offer movies at its online store, expected to be announced as early as Thursday.”
Tag: 09.06.06
German University Returns Parthenon Fragment
A fragment of the Parthenon was returned to Greece this week. “The marble fragment of a foot, measuring only a few inches, was placed by Culture Minister George Voulgarakis back on the northern frieze of the 5th century BC Parthenon on Tuesday. Part of the frieze is now in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, but much is in London.”
Hyping “The Next Mozart” (Isn’t Nice)
Jay Greenberg is a 15-year-old composer who’s being touted for great things. The hype is building. “But although no one can prophesize what kind of composer Greenberg will turn out to be, he will not be the next Mozart. No one can be that, no one should be that. If we come away with nothing else from the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, which is being celebrated this year, it should be that times have changed and that it isn’t nice to exploit kids.”
Hyping “The Next Mozart” (Isn’t Nice)
Jay Greenberg is a 15-year-old composer who’s being touted for great things. The hype is building. “But although no one can prophesize what kind of composer Greenberg will turn out to be, he will not be the next Mozart. No one can be that, no one should be that. If we come away with nothing else from the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, which is being celebrated this year, it should be that times have changed and that it isn’t nice to exploit kids.”
LA Opera To Stage First “Ring”
The company will mount the four-opera production with the help of a $6 million gift from Eli Broad.
LA Opera To Stage First “Ring”
The company will mount the four-opera production with the help of a $6 million gift from Eli Broad.
Glen Tetley At 80
“While Mr. Tetley often worked abroad as a freelance choreographer after lack of money obliged him to disband his modern-dance troupe in New York in 1969, his influence has been felt as widely in American dance as among the Europeans and Australians who have encountered his pioneering ideas over the last 50 years.”
Met Opera To Broadcast To Movie Theatres
“The Metropolitan Opera announced today that it would begin broadcasting live performances into movie theaters across the United States, Canada and Britain, rubbing shoulders with professional wrestling and rock concerts.”
Met Opera To Broadcast To Movie Theatres
“The Metropolitan Opera announced today that it would begin broadcasting live performances into movie theaters across the United States, Canada and Britain, rubbing shoulders with professional wrestling and rock concerts.”
An Opera Lover’s Generosity Wasted
An elderly Australian opera lover leaves the Victorian State Opera $2 million. But in the four years since she died, $800,000 has been spent on lawyers’ fees in a dispute over the money.