Just who are the great conductors today, and how do you get them to come conduct? Even venerable Cleveland finds its podium roster a little bare. – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
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SIMON RATTLE MAKES HIS DIRECTOR’S DEBUT in Berlin –
with Mahler and broken German. The audience loves it. – The Sunday Times (UK)
AS CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA prepares to stage –
– the premiere of William Bolcom’s opera A View from the Bridge, John von Rhein looks at the economics of mounting a new opera. – Chicago Tribune
MARK MORRIS TOURS BRITAIN
The Sunday Times‘s dance critic takes a mid-career look. – The Sunday Times (UK)
THE FUTURE OF FICTION
A blue-ribbon panel debates the future of writing. – Philadelphia Inquirer
BRITAIN’S LARGEST-EVER EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The Liverpool Biennial – Britain’s first – is a shambles. But it’s a start. London Sunday Times
COLOR BIND
Why is there no black-run theater company in the nation’s capital? Washington Post