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Cheating, Lying, Stealing: John Adams Talks to the Independent About What Makes a Good Composer a Great One
Faust & Furious: After London Withdrawal, Anna Netrebko Hardens with Riccardo and Chiara Muti's 'Manon Lescaut' in Rome
Covent Garden aside, Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times has good words for Netrebko in Rome, where she dutifully followed Riccardo Muti in Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut.' Muti is known, of course, for his rigorous rehearsal regimen (and for not suffering fools). Arts Ed in New York City: Failing Minimum Requirements, Uncertified (and Overworked) Teachers and No Real Syllabus
Across the country, arts education seems to be of increasingly lesser value in today's school curriculum. And it's not just down South or in the fly-overs, much less California. No, one of the artistic hubs of the modern world--New York City--has been cutting corners on arts ed, too.
