"By the time he was 40, he had written more than 400 art songs, as well as three symphonies, several one-act operas and a great deal of chamber music. ... By this point, however, Mr. Rorem was at least as well known for his diaries as for his music." - The Washington Post
"In a surprise announcement that comes one week before Afton Battle's last day as Fort Worth Opera general and artistic director, the company has named Angela Turner Wilson its new leader. Wilson is a Fort Worth-based opera singer" and chair of the Vocal Arts Division at Texas Christian University. - CultureMap
"The Creatives Rebuild New York initiative has announced that it is spending $43.2 million to distribute monthly payments of $1,000 to 2,400 artists and other creatives living across the state. Lasting for 18 months, these cash payments come with no strings attached." - Artnet
Curtis Studio, as the label will be called, will feature artists in residence as well as student ensembles. The inaugural album, to be released on December 6, is Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, played by the Curtis Symphony Orchestra under conductor Osmo Vänskä. - Gramophone
"Do these attacks not reveal the fragility of what we hold dear? Do they not make us think about what we want to save for the next generation? Yet the answer to these questions is mostly no. Instead, these attacks feel part of a helpless careering towards climate chaos." - The Guardian
"There is no relocation," Harry Brünjes told a group of MPs this week about Arts Council England's decision to defund the company unless it leaves the capital for a city such as Manchester. "This is closing ENO down. This is losing 600 jobs from London." - London Evening Standard
The dance festival's second stage was destroyed by a fire almost exactly two years ago. A lead grant of $10 million grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, plus insurance payouts and further donations, will fund a new $30 million theater to open in 2025. - The New York Times
Last April, a theatre in Stuttgart named Churchill the winner of its 2022 European Drama Award, worth €75,000. When the jury discovered that she's a vocal critic of Israel and supporter of the BDS movement, it cancelled this year's award entirely. - The Guardian
There is a growing trend in American culture of what the literary theorist Peter Brooks calls “storification.” We’ve relied too heavily on storytelling conventions to understand the world around us, which has resulted in a “narrative takeover of reality” that affects nearly every form of communication. - The Atlantic
It was the most consequential monument of the 20th century, and it reinvigorated the making of monuments and memorials in Washington. And yet, despite its groundbreaking power and enormous popularity, it has had a faltering influence on memorials ever since. - Washington Post
“Through the history on the timeline, we have tried to show the idea of Broadway’s consciousness and American consciousness. The issues are all there, whether actively in protest or inherently in the story.” - Artnet
Performing arts spaces must be saturated with music by diverse composers and performers, but we cannot do this in a performative way. - I Care If You Listen
Among the 224 items up for grabs, both the photograph (a 1968 portrait of Didion by Julian Wasser) and the table (an oak desk she used in her office) were sold for a combined total of $87,000 — far beyond their projected worth. - Los Angeles Times
"There's a lot of storytelling ability in dance, but in musical theater, people champion words first. And so many times as a dancer, you don't feel integral. You don't feel like you are helping the story really come around." So he created Only Gold. - MSN (The Washington Post)
Tourists have often registered their experience by posting reviews, photographs, and comments on social media. Such data offer an unprecedented, though particular, view of the visitor experience at these sites. - Cultural Analytics
