Opera
Peter Gelb of Metropolitan Opera to Union Workers: Prepare for Lockout
President Barack Obama to Honor Brooklyn Academy of Music with National Medal of Arts
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle announced yesterday that the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is the first institution to receive the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. The National Medal of Arts is reserved for those who are "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States." Long Beach Opera Presents ‘I Was Looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky’ by John Adams and June Jordan
“I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky” is the title of a song-play by contemporary composer John Adams and poet June Jordan. The Long Beach Opera will present the Southern California premiere of 'Ceiling/Sky' at the Ford Amphitheatre on August 23
