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Crowds are essential to this moment " and, really, to opera as an art form. Choruses fill the stage; musicians cram into the orchestra pit; thousands of people sit shoulder to shoulder in th…
Instagram and Twitter accounts, from top record label to everyday people, were full of black squares posted in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Most …
"A deadly thunderstorm that rolled across parts of northern India damaged sections of the Taj Mahal complex, including the main gate and a railing running below its five lofty domes, officia…
Located in the heart of downtown Durham, the Carolina Theatre has been a center of the city's arts and cultural life for nearly a century. The Carolina Theatre's Board of Trustees seeks an e…
Orlando Ballet invites applications and nominations for this important co-leadership position, working closely with Artistic Director Robert Hill.
"'Talking About Race' is a Web-based initiative that uses videos, role-playing exercises and question-based activities to explore the origins and definitions of race and identity. Built on t…
This past Friday night, as the KCPD prepared to confront people demonstrating against police violence in Minneapolis and elsewhere, security guards on duty at the closed museum agreed to pol…
While she did sing some Italian roles (Gilda, Lucia, Rosina) and even a few German ones (the Queen of the Night, Zerbinetta), Mesplé won worldwide acclaim for the French concert and opera r…
"We have been made aware that a musician of the Austin Symphony Orchestra has made an offensive post on their social media account regarding the protests across our country. This language is…
A 22-page white paper with dozens of requirements and recommendations, delivered to Govs. Gavin Newsom (CA) and Andrew Cuomo (NY) as well as the Los Angeles County Department of Public Healt…
Creativity can seem like a tool for solving problems: We need a new word for the ocean! But creativity doesn't just solve problems; it also makes or discovers new problems to solve. Hundreds…
"The most widely-read books are translated foreign bestsellers. There is little space for Russian talent " and if you want to be one of the chosen few to secure a book deal, that means satis…
"Discomfort has now become an essential part of pop culture connoisseurship, and it has forced audiences to become much more sophisticated as they decide what, if anything, is worth salvagin…
"It's paradoxical but true: On TikTok, a platform driven largely by dance, people with little to no dance background are becoming megastars " and highly-trained dancers can seem like fish ou…
The loss of any regional theatre, whether it is Nuffield Southampton announcing it has gone into administration or the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh taking the painful decision to hibernate unti…
"As a composer, Bach would have been highly attuned to the effects of a church's acoustics on the performance of music. He was known, for example, to have preferred composing for the Thomask…
I'm not yet sure how much my life will change without choir: without the paper cuts and warmups, the imagistic instructions from conductors (bite the apple, smell the rose, blow the birthday…
What he and Jeanne-Claude, his wife and collaborator, achieved was so different from the work of anyone else, and on such a huge scale"seventy-five hundred saffron-colored nylon "gates," in …
Monday evening, in three Southern states"Florida, Alabama, and Virginia"protesters toppled graffiti-covered statues celebrating the former Confederate government that fought to uphold the in…
In three short months Americans have shifted from tuning into the daily drama surrounding the democratic primaries, to daily Covid-19 briefings and debates over whether or not lives matter m…
Performances are canceled and theaters are dark all around the world, but the long-touring Broadway production of Phantom has continued to fill a 1,600-seat house in Seoul for eight shows a …
The Gershwin threat was seemingly felt by all American-born classical musicians: they feared his genius. European-born classical musicians weren't threatened, and the list of Gershwin admire…
Our loss yesterday of Christo, the canny conceptual artist with tangible appeal, is a poignant reminder of more innocent times " 16 days in early 2005 when New Yorkers from all walks of life…
"The company, which last performed live on March 11, now hopes to return with a gala on New Year's Eve after its longest interruption in more than a century. It is a gap that is projected to…
The Paris landmark, which had been the world's most visited museum, opens its doors on July 6 following the coronavirus lockdown. But safety limitations have been placed on crowd flow, and F…
