"The head of Opera Holland Park, James Clutton, … approached Jonathan Dove to compose the music and Alasdair Middleton to write the libretto. The result is (and you can trust me on this) astonishing. An opera that is a thriller is a rare beast." - The Guardian
The Cornwall Youth Noise Orchestra is the brainchild of Matt Ashdown and Liz Howell of Moogie Wonderland, which began as a club night and now bills itself as “a participatory arts organisation”. - The Guardian
"The idea and technology of a situation deepfake are the same as any other deepfake, but with a bolder ambition: to manipulate a real event or invent one from thin air. Examples include depictions of Donald Trump's perp walk and Trump hugging Anthony Fauci, neither of which happened." - The Conversation
Alex Mubert's vision is of an app that will allow people to easily experiment and create music on their own. Because of licensing complications — i.e. AI-generated music does not fall under conventional copyright rules — the music people create using Mubert cannot be released on Spotify or other streamers. - Ludwig Van
The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet was founded in Carlisle, a college town in the south-central part of the state, in 1955. The school has produced so many good performers that people joke that there's something in the water. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Moody’s debt analyst Neil Begley wrote in a July 17 report, “we believe this standstill could be a relatively long strike, with the stakes being larger than they have been in many years” and estimated the potential cost of the new contracts. - The Hollywood Reporter
"To combat the excess of party tourism, new rules (began) this February — among them, a law that window brothels, bars and pubs in the red light district must close two hours earlier. Several months ago, the city also launched a 'Stay away' campaign to deter rowdy visitors." - Deutsche Welle
From the mid-1950s to the end of the 1960s, Klemperer was among the most prolific conductors on record. Yet around 1950 everyone thought he was finished. His story, thanks to daughter Lotte, is one of the most remarkable music resurrections. - The Critic
"I was playing with doing the balcony pas de deux of Romeo and Juliet but that would have been way too much. I have to do it in a way that I can still walk off, and you don't have to call an ambulance." - The Observer (UK)
"Thousands of people knew Harriet Rosenfeld Choice by the words she wrote for this newspaper, decades worth of her enthusiastic and influential coverage of the jazz scene, which compelled her to be one of the founders in 1969 of the Jazz Institute of Chicago." - MSN (Chicago Tribune)
"'Writing jokes will be one the very last tasks AI will be able to do convincingly and effectively,' predicts Conan vet Matthew Broussard. 'Meaning, against all logic, I chose the career with the most stability.'" - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
"Since manga was first introduced to the U.S. in the 1980s, American companies have wrestled with how to adapt the genre for their readers. It requires taking into account not only art and visual concepts unique to Japanese, but also an entirely different system of reading." - The New York Times
"Carnegie Hall's initiative to train the next generation turned 10 this year. After arriving July 1 for intensive instruction ... at suburban Purchase College, performers gathered at America's premier concert hall to play for conductor Andrew Davis in a 2,800-seat auditorium filled with many family members and friends." - AP
"SAG-AFTRA has granted approval to 39 independent productions to shoot during the strike, after confirming that they are not tied to AMPTP companies. The list includes two projects from A24, the independent production company." - Variety
The antiquities were lent for a 2019 Hanukkah event at the White House but, due to a "bureaucratic difficulty," were never displayed. They were supposed to be returned to Israel within weeks but never were, partly due to the pandemic, and have now been located at Trump's Florida residence. - The Forward (Haaretz)
