The Death of Klinghoffer: John Adams’ Opera Sparks Protest at the Met
The Death of Klinghoffer, The opera accused of promoting terrorism and anti-Semitism, has been dubbed "The Terror Opera" in some corners of the press.
New Mozart Manuscript Discovered in Budapest
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's manuscripts were recently discovered by Balazs Mikusi at the National Szechenyi Library in Budapest
Artist Residency on a Cargo Ship?
Container, an artist residency program is funded by Worldwide Storefront, a New York-based nonprofit.
“Carmen” Gets Detention for Smoking
The Western Australian Opera Company has postponed its planned 2015 production of Bizet's Opera Carmen over worry that it glamourizes smoking.
Stephen Paulus, American Composer, Dies
Composer Stephen Paulus has died at the age of 65.
A New Flannery O’Connor Archive Goes to Emory
Flannery O'Connor's archive is now available to students and scholars—along with 30 boxes filled with letters, journals, drafts, juvenilia, and other personal effects at Emory University's Rare Book Library (MARBL).
Will the Fall of Cable Mean Darker TV?
Last week, HBO and CBS both announced plans for stand-alone online services, leading to much chatter about the end of cable TV as we know it.
Wolf Hall Coming to Broadway in April
The Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's best-selling historical novel Wolf Hall comes to Broadway.
Was Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp Un-American?
Were Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp films also subtle critiques of the social inequities of American capitalism?
Christopher Hogwood, Founder of the ‘Historically Informed Performance’ Movement, Dies
Christopher Hogwood's career, which spanned five decades, was defined by his groundbreaking quest for authenticity in the performance of early music, a movement that became known as "Historically Informed Performance" or "HIP".