“Sydney’s Belvoir theatre company has been forced to reinstate the final scene of Arthur Miller’s famed Death of a Salesman after an anonymous tip-off to the US agent that handles the rights about changes made to the local production.” The director cut the script’s concluding “Requiem” and changed Willy Loman’s death from an auto collision to a suicide.
Tag: 10.17.12
The Fundamental Problem With US Orchestral Musicians’ Pay Demands
“The first reality is this: However much it takes to become a top-flight classical musician, the performer can expect to earn only what the market is able and willing to pay. … Today, far more ‘people with money’ are inspired to give to charities meeting human needs than are willing to pay top-flight classical music performers year after year. … [U]nless and until society at large assigns higher value to the extraordinary work of classical music performers, musicians cannot expect to be paid what they deserve.”
Chicago Symphony Posts Deficit Despite Increased Revenues
“While contributions and ticket sale revenues reached an all-time high at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2012, the boost was not enough to keep the orchestra from running an operating shortfall for the second year in a row.”
Leader of Toronto’s Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon, To Step Down
“Jeanne Lamon, music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, is leaving her post in 2014. It was announced Wednesday Lamon will leave after 33 years at the helm of what is considered one of the finest baroque orchestras in the world.”
What Students Need To Know When They Enter The Workforce
Universities don’t prepare students for the workplace. It’s not fulfilling work assignments, it’s learning how to lean, “how all knowledge is social, how knowledge seeking isn’t a linear process of finding answers but rather is tapping into ongoing conversations in which they may play a role.”
Missing Roy Lichtenstein Painting Returned
“A painting by the celebrated American pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, has been returned to the owner’s widow in New York more than 40 years after it disappeared.”
Viennese Museum To Cover Nude Advertising Posters After Complaints
“A museum in Vienna will be censoring large posters that depict three male soccer players wearing nothing but their socks and cleats after the advertisements provoked an outcry in the city.”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra To Musicians: Accept Contract By Sunday Or Get Locked Out
“St. Paul Chamber Orchestra management delivered a ‘voting offer’ to its musicians Wednesday, Oct. 17, saying that if the union members do not accept the offer by late Sunday, management will cancel concerts through Nov. 4 and lock out the musicians. The musicians quickly shot down the proposal.”
Clybourne Park Author Cancels Berlin Production Over Use Of Blackface
“Bruce Norris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Clybourne Park, … withdrew rights to the production [at the Deutsches Theater] after learning that the staging would feature a white actor wearing makeup for the role of an African American character.”
Nashville Symphony Hangs Onto Giancarlo Guerrero Until 2020
The South American maestro has been credited with leading a renaissance at the orchestra since his arrival as music director in 2009. In his three seasons, he and his band have already won four Grammys – all for contemporary music, no less.