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...School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic.” This is actually the latest book project by John Demos, a preeminent scholar of early America and winner of the Bancroft Prize. He mocks also that one of the fellows, an art critic of ancient times, is studying woven representations of Christ. Now, what else would an art historian of ancient times be doing? Finally, he neglects to mention that about one-fourth of the fellows are male, only six of 50 are pursuing “irrelevant?...
...Maybe not so great. On Feb. 15, British magazine Gramophone asserted that at least some of Hatto's recordings were copies of other performers' work. A critic came upon the alleged fraud when he loaded a Hatto CD onto his computer and an online database automatically identified it as a set by Hungarian Laszlo Simon. An independent expert testing Hatto's catalog claims that the sound-wave patterns on at least five of her CDs are identical to earlier recordings. One online retailer has stopped selling Hatto's music, and the British Phonographic Industry has begun an investigation...
...could no one have noticed until now, especially as some of Hatto's work is said to be identical to that of renowned pianists such as Vladimir Ashkenazy? Gramophone editor James Inverne says that there can be hundreds of world-class recordings of a given piece, and no critic can be familiar with identifying nuances of all its interpretations. And perhaps, more importantly, classical connoisseurs simply didn't expect plagiarism to infect their art form. "The art and literary worlds are often hit by accusations of copying," Inverne says. "We've never experienced a scandal like this before...
...opera back into the repertoire. Since being snapped up by New York's Metropolitan Opera for its young artists' development program in 2001, Perth-born Durkin, 31, has been groomed for world stardom. Despite a closer resemblance to Joan Collins than Sutherland, Durkin's Metropolitan audition reminded one Canadian critic of "a young Joan Sutherland without the belle poitrine [fine bosom]," and six years later, her much-heralded talent faces the blowtorch of expectation with Alcina. NIDA-trained Way, resident director at Covent Garden, has no doubt Durkin's voice can take the heat. "There's a glint...
...show business as usual ended when one of the theater managers came by to collect passports and identity documents. The Syrian government is in the process of tightening its generous residency laws for Iraqi refugees, and the fear of deportation looms larger over the cast than a newspaper critic with a grudge...