“Due to open in 2010, the facility [on England’s southern coast] will feature performance spaces for both professional and public use, plus a 190-capacity studio theatre. It is being built as part of arts venue the Bournemouth International Centre and Pavilion, which is currently undergoing a separate £13 million refurbishment scheme, funded by the Trevor Osborne Property Group, to improve its 1,430-seat auditorium and ballroom.”
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Colossus Of Rhodes To Be Reborn As World’s Largest Light Installation
“But unlike the ancient Colossus, which stood 34 metres high before an earthquake toppled it in 226BC, the groundbreaking work of art is slated to be much taller and bigger. […] [I]n the spirit of the 21st century the new Colossus has been conceived as a highly innovative light sculpture, a work of art that will allow visitors to physically inspect it by day as well as enjoy – through light shows – a variety of stories it will ‘tell’ by night.”
Young Korean Violinist Sweeps Long-Thibaud Competition
Hyun-Su Shin, a 21-year-old woman who has never studied outside South Korea, took the €30,500 First Grand Prize, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Prize for best recital (€6,100) and two additional awards.
Russia Returns 14th-Century Stained Glass To Germany
“Six medieval stained-glass windowpanes looted by the Red Army during World War II were returned to a German church Monday, where officials said they hoped to negotiate the return of other plundered artworks.”
Even Damien Hirst Says It’s Out Of Control
“[J]ust months after the success of a ground-breaking sale at Sotheby’s that brought him nearly £100m, Hirst has described the art market as over-priced, and welcomed the prospect of selling his work at cheaper rates in the present climate of recession.”
Young Tenor With Chicago Lyric Dies At 31
Ryan Smith, a first-year member of the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago and a 2007 winner of the Met’s National Council Auditions, died last week at age 31 of lymphoma.
Rahm And Billy Are Making Ballet Cool For Boys
“With the flurry of attention for the ballet history of congressman Rahm Emanuel (President-elect Obama’s pick for White House chief of staff), it’s suddenly become a lot cooler to be a guy who knows his way around toeshoes, turnouts and tights.” But it’s not just because of Emanuel. “‘Billy Elliot the Musical,’ which opened this week to enthusiastic reviews, has thrust boys and ballet into the bright Broadway spotlight.”
U Of Cincinnati’s Tall Order (Maybe): 165 Steinways
“A vast fleet of pianos is expected to arrive in Cincinnati next month, part of the largest order — by number of instruments — ever filled by the Steinway & Sons piano company. The College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati said it is plunking down $4.1 million for 165 pianos, to be delivered over the course of the academic year.”
Royal Opera House: If No State Funding, No Manchester
“London’s Royal Opera House, which seeks to open a branch in Manchester that would cost 60 million pounds to 80 million pounds ($90 million to $120 million), said the project would be dropped if it failed to receive state money.”
Prop. 8 Opponents Target Sundance
“With activists against Proposition 8 — California’s ban on same-sex marriage — turning to threats of boycotts, attention is focusing on a surprising target: The Sundance Film Festival. The festival has been fielding calls and emails from activists calling for Sundance to pull its films from a Park City fourplex operated by Cinemark Theaters…. Other activists have called on a boycott of Sundance altogether, merely because of its ties to Utah, where the Mormon Church is headquartered.”