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Stephen Gould, One Of The World’s Leading Heldentenors, Dies Two Weeks After Announcing Cancer Diagnosis

"The (61-year-old) singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival, where he was scheduled to perform (three different leading roles). He said he made the announcement after the Festival ended last week because 'I did not wish anything to cloud this year's achievements.'" - AP

SoundShirt: Lyric Opera Of Chicago Will Offer New Technology For Hearing-Impaired People To Experience Music

"The technology utilizes tiny motors — 16 of them — embedded in the fabric, like those that make cellphones vibrate. … Lyric is the first opera company in the world to offer the technology at live performances." - Chicago Sun-Times

Rupert Murdoch Resigns As Chairman Of Fox Corp. And News Corp.

"Fox said Thursday that Murdoch would become chairman emeritus of both companies. His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and continue as chief executive officer of Fox Corp." - AP

Grisham, Franzen, George R.R. Martin Lead A Third Lawsuit By Authors Against Open AI

"The Authors Guild — led by authors including George R.R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen and John Grisham — sued OpenAI, accusing the company of engaging 'in a systematic course of mass-scale copyright infringement.' … The legal action is at least the third over the company using copyrighted books to train its system." - The Hollywood Reporter

Orchestra’s Last-Minute Season Cancellation: What The Board Has Said

In a statement headlined "Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Announces Potential Ceasing of Operations," the board chair said, "Despite our persistent efforts over the last year, we have been unable to secure the funding necessary to continue our operations this season." - Ludwig Van

Library In Washington State Wins Lawsuit, Is Saved From Possible Closure Over Culture War Book Bans

"The Dayton library – which was on the verge of becoming the first library in the country to shutter over disputes about what books it offers – will remain open after a Columbia County court Wednesday barred an initiative to close the library from appearing on the November ballot." - Yahoo! (The Seattle Times)

Two Years After Its Search Led To A Racism Controversy, Indianapolis Museum of Art Has A New Director

"Newfields has appointed Belinda Tate as the next director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfield, concluding a nearly four-year hiring process and crisis of identity for the 140-year-old institution." - ARTnews

The Books You Always Meant To Read (But Haven’t)

Librarians and teachers, self-professed fans of lengthy, complex tomes, and even bookstore owners have similar tales of woe. Some of the books on the list are precisely what one might expect. - Washington Post

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Perform “Under Protest” Without A Contract

They took a jab at CEO Matias Tarnopolsky, claiming his pay went up by 111% from 2019 to 2022, at the same time they said the musicians took $4.6 million in pay cuts to help the ensemble. - Philadelphia Inquirer

San Francisco Symphony Musicians’ Contract Expired A Year Ago. What’s Happening?

Negotiations began over a year ago, going into formal sessions on Sept. 15, 2022, ahead of the contract’s expiration, with the Musicians Union Local 6 representing the SFS players. But to date, there is nothing known to have been settled, except for health care provisions. - San Francisco Classical Voice

Key To The Metropolitan Opera’s Future: Contemporary Work

Aiming to rebuild its audience from post-pandemic lows by attracting younger and more diverse ticket-buyers, the company is devoting fully one-third of 18 staged productions to contemporary works. - AP

The UK Film Industry Has Been Thriving

According to the British Film Institute (BFI), spending on such productions reached a record £6.27bn last year, with most of that money coming from overseas. - BBC

New York’s Live Performance Industry Convenes Its First Meeting

Mayor Eric Adams convened the inaugural meeting of the first-ever Live Performance Industry Council, which features a mix of leaders representing the theater, music and dance industries from the city’s arenas, cultural institutions, unions, nonprofit sector and city government. - The Hollywood Reporter

Gloria Steinem Remembers The Debut Issue Of Ms. Magazine

"I didn’t know what the response would be, especially on newsstands, with no precedent or place for a women’s magazine that wasn’t about home, family, and children. The response was shocking. (The first issue) sold out in eight days. Soon, bags of mail began arriving in our offices." - Literary Hub

The Highly Unusual Dance Career Of Choreographer Trajal Harrell

"This late starter — he turned to dance after graduating from Yale in the 1990s — has never taken formal classes in the techniques that have most influenced him, which include vogueing and Japanese Butoh. Instead, he observed them from the outside, and took from their 'theoretical underpinnings,' he said." - The New York Times

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