Jeez, this NYCO situation just keeps getting sadder.
Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that an AGMA union strike was imminent, based on a memo AGMA sent out to its members, calling a strike “likely.”
It seems the memo also goes so far as to recognize the possibility that a strike could sink the City Opera for good. Oh well!
Not [...]
Der Bling des Nibelung: Götterdämmerung
Der Bling des Nibelung
So, enough with the depressing news!
As much as it’s fun to report on all the havoc the economic meltdown is reeking upon the arts, it’s just getting too depressing.
So I thought I’d lighten things up a bit by presenting a Blingee preview of the Ring Cycle I had intended to bring to NYCO, not so [...]
Killing The Family To Build The House
So, crap.
Friday, Dan Wakin reports that our dear Brooklyn Philharmonic has canceled all of its concerts for this season, as well as “all of next season’s subscription concerts”. Ironically, the educational programs will still continue, since they still have funding from the government.
This is the kind of crap that drives me insane.
It’s part and parcel [...]
TO DO: “Pussy Faggot”
TONIGHT @ The Delancey, ubiquitous downtown producer Earl Dax is throwing a birthday bash for himself, which doubles as a fundraiser for Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival of queer performance.
In light of Claudia La Rocco’s insightful piece on the negative impact capital campaigns and anchoring real estate ventures can have on the missions of small [...]
TO DO: 8 SONGS
I don’t know what else to say, but: GO SEE PETER TANTSITS TONIGHT.
He’s performing his fierce production of Peter Maxwell Davies’ legendary and totally insane vocal theater work, “8 Songs for a Mad King”, tonight–FOR ONE LAST TIME–at Le Poisson Rouge.
Not only will you have very few opportunities in your lifetime to see this work [...]
“Manchester, England, England!”
Early last evening, C.C. hit a little cocktail party/press conference at the W hotel in Union Square for the second Manchester Festival, an original-work biennial festival taking place in the jolly old town of Manchester UK.
This year’s festival, taking place over two weeks in July, features a pretty serious 17-day performance art attack on the [...]
How Does NYCO Spell Relief? O-R-C-H-E-S-T-R-A A-I-S-L-E-S
Holy fuck balls! Change has come.
On the heals of its image redesign, New York City Opera has unbelievably announced (although the link to the press release doesn’t appear to work) that the State Theater is getting…aisles in the orchestra!!! And Peter Martins is cool with it!
I don’t know how long the dispute between NYCO and [...]
Someone took our advice…
I knew there was something going on–finally–over at NYCO, when I got a press release about NYCO’s upcoming semi-staged production/workshop of The Magic Flute from Lisa Lori.
Lo and behold, that wasn’t the only change-up at the company: Mama got a facelift!
Isn’t she handsome with her new font and her Flash features?
You’re welcome. (See step 9)
