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English National Opera Accepts £24 Million Funding Deal To Leave London
"The funding (from Arts Council England) would support the ENO's 'reimagined artistic and business model' to have a primary base outside of the capital...
BBC Reverses Decision To Cut Number Of Musicians In Its Orchestras
"The cuts, which were announced in March, would have reduced roles in the BBC Symphony, Concert and Philharmonic orchestras by 20%. On Thursday, the...
“What Chicago Needs Is A New Opera Company. Make That Two Or Three New...
Lawrence A. Johnson, founder of the Classical Review network of websites, decries what he sees as the deadly dull state of the art form...
Young Adults In Upper Egypt Work To Keep The Nubian Language From Vanishing
"In the 1960s, much of Old Nubia was destroyed by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. … Between 50,000 and 130,000 people were...
Martin McDonagh Complains That Some Theatres Refuse To Produce His Plays Because They Have...
"'Only in the past few years have I had theatre companies refuse to do my plays, because they don't like some of the wording,'...
Disappointed By Streaming, Hollywood Is Kissing And Making Up With Movie Theaters
"The exhibition industry is finally looking like its pre-pandemic self again. That's partly attributable to studios releasing new installments of successful franchises, but it...
British Theatres Discover A New Target Audience: Female Novel-Readers
"(There is) a string of new stage shows based on hit books by female authors that were enjoyed largely by female readers. Waiting in...
Italy Will Impose Steep Fines On People Who Vandalize Or Damage Cultural Sites
"At a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the government approved proposed legislation championed by the culture minister that would impose fines starting at €10,000 (nearly...
Sexual Harassment Allegations Rock India’s Top Bharatanatyam School
Students, both female and male, at the Kalakshetra Foundation's Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts in Chennai have alleged sexual advances by faculty members...
Thirteen Women Accuse Gérard Depardieu, France’s Biggest Film Star, Of On-Set Sexual Misconduct
"The accusations were made by female actors, make-up artists and production staff, some of whom spoke on the basis of anonymity, and allegedly occurred...
Auctioneer In Counterfeit Basquiat Scheme Cops Plea And Faces Prison
"A former Los Angeles auctioneer," Michael Barzan, "has agreed to plead guilty in a scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the...
A County In Texas Considers Closing Its Public Libraries Rather Than Returning To The...
"After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly pulled from the Llano County Public Library shelves for their...
Elon Musk Backs Down, Says Twitter Will Change Its Labeling Of BBC From “Government-Funded”...
"I know the BBC for example's not thrilled about being labelled state-affiliated media. If we use the same words that the BBC uses to...
In Praise Of Long, Complicated Sentences (Take That, Strunk And White!)
"Within a long sentence — clause upon clause, the commas and semicolons, em-dashes and colons, parentheticals and appositions piling up — there can be...
The Revival Of Cambodia’s Arts Capital (Which Is Not Phnom Penh)
"The wealth from (agriculture provided) plentiful funds to carve the most beautiful Buddhist temples, craft the finest musical instruments and produce high-quality motion pictures....
The World’s Oldest Piece Of Tartan Is Found In A Scottish Peat Bog
"The (16th-century) textile was found in the 1980s in Glen Affric, a region in the Scottish Highlands about 19 miles west of Loch Ness....
Radio Stations’ Struggle To Stop US Automakers From Dropping The AM Band From In-Car...
"Facing an existential moment in the 100-year history of the medium, AM broadcasters are banding together, calling on allies in Congress, and enlisting listener...
Anna Netrebko’s Husband And Frequent Stage Partner Is Now Running A National Opera House
TThe tenor Yusif Eyvazov has been appointed director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in his hometown, Baku. (The couple has...
Another Thing TikTok Has Changed About Dance: Earning A Living
"TikTok creators, professional dancers, choreographers, and dance companies … said the app had changed the way they choreographed, helped them earn more money, and...
Canadian Gets Trapped Inside Outdoor Sculpture
A 26-year-old man (acting against his girlfriend's advice) climbed on top of a public artwork called Talus Dome and made of stacks of stainless...
Florida School Removes Anne Frank Book After Complaint That It Minimizes The Holocaust
"Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation was removed from a library at Vero Beach High School after a leader of Moms for Liberty in...
Choreographer Jennifer Muller Is Dead At 78
"Her choreographic career, which spanned more than five decades and produced more than 125 dances, set her apart from her postmodern contemporaries. 'I'm not...
British Theatre Audiences Behaving Even More Badly (We’re Talking Fists, Screams, And Urine)
"A front-of-house assistant at a theatre in the north says disruptive incidents now occur weekly and are increasingly serious: “Myself and my colleagues have...
Al Jaffee, Legendary “Mad” Magazine Cartoonist Who Retired At 99, Has Died At 102
"Few of the magazine's self-billed 'Usual Gang of Idiots' contributed as much — and as dependably — as the impish, bearded cartoonist. For decades,...
How Terence Blanchard’s “Champion” Got Upsized For The Metropolitan Opera
When the piece premiered at Opera Theatre of St. Louis ten years ago, it had a small pit orchestra, a four-piece jazz combo, and...
