Chris Jones writes that the deal “is, at its core, an acknowledgment that it is no longer viable for even a world-class institution like the Lyric to sustain, maintain, operate and program a huge opera house entirely with productions of the repertory for which it was built.” But there’s more to it than that, Jones finds, and the benefits aren’t only about saving money.
Tag: 09.28.17
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.28.17
CultureGrrl Video: My Opinionated Tour of the Embattled Berkshire Museum
Having written extensively and critically about the Berkshire Museum’s deaccession plans, I thought I ought to revisit that embattled institution in person. I’d been there twice before, decades ago, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-09-27
Deciphering Codes, Or Not
Sarah Michelson premieres a new work at Bard College’s Richard B. Fisher Center.
If a friend tells me he or she is going to see a particular choreographer’s new work, I nod my head; I have a vague idea of what it’ll be like. But suppose the choreographer named is Sarah Michelson. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-09-28
Can’t anyone here …
Early this month I got crazy email from the Met Opera. They were promoting their new season, opening with a new production of Bellini’s Norma. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2017-09-28
Other Matters – Language: So …
Increasingly, radio and television newscasts include stories in which anchors interview correspondents in the field. That is part of a pattern: reduced news budgets, smaller staffs and greater dependence on the survivors … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-09-28
Theatre Talkbacks – Popular With Audiences, Not Always With Playwrights
“For theaters, the talkback can connect the venue to its audience, deepen understanding of the work and make the audience feel more like a participant and not merely an observer. Skeptics, however, fear that talkbacks can oversimplify the art onstage or discourage personal interpretation — the stage equivalent of didactic wall text telling museum visitors what to think about a painting.”
A Framework For A New Cultural Policy In Canada
Policy governing Canadian culture – the government considers everything from movies and television to virtual reality under this umbrella – is wide-ranging and the broadcasting, media and cultural industries are worth nearly $50-billion. Changes this broad haven’t been seen in more than a quarter-century.
How Brands Are Museumifying Experiences
The popularity of large-scale, shareable installations on social media has inspired a number brands to move past product-focused marketing and offer consumers new immersive experiences with their brand, taking inspiration from the museum and gallery format.
Study: Singing In A Choir Boosts Mindfulness
“The call for attention to numerous details such as watching the conductor, listening to the other voices in harmony, reading the music and/or remembering the words all contribute to reaching this attentive, aware, and accepting state.”
Zuzana Růžičková, Harpsichordist Who Survived Three Nazi Camps, Dead At 90
Despite suffering damage to her hands during her Nazi ordeal as well as discrimination from Czech Communist authorities who considered her instrument a feudal and bourgeois relic, she went on to become a celebrated international soloist and the first musician to record J.S. Bach’s complete keyboard music on harpsichord.
What Jane Austen’s Picture On The New £10 Note Tells Us About Money
“Tinkering with Austen’s image has a long history. According to Kathryn Sutherland and Freya Johnston in Teenage Writings, their new edition of her juvenilia, even writing that Austen never intended to publish didn’t escape others’ propensity to touch it up.”