Archive for March, 2018
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 21, 2018 MUNICH — Bavaria’s Culture Ministry, responsible for Bayerische Staatsoper and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, among many other entities, underwent a sudden double shake-up this morning with the firing of its cheerful chief, Ludwig Spaenle, and an organizational severing into two parts. Bernd Sibler, 47, is the new Kultusminister. The […]
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Tags: Angela Merkel, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Bernd Sibler, CDU, CSU, Franz Josef Strauß, Horst Seehofer, King Ludwig I, Ludwig Spaenle, Markus Söder, News, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 20, 2018 MUNICH — Judging from reports around the country here, the Houston Symphony Orchestra today returns to Texas mission-accomplished. The clarity of its tone colors, the exuberance of its brass section, the articulate luster of its strings — all have been remarked upon during an eleven-day tour to busy […]
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Tags: Andrés Orozco Estrada, Bernstein, Gasteig, Hilary Hahn, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Kritik, Megan Conley, München, MünchenMusik, Munich, Review, Serenade, West Side Story
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 6, 2018 MUNICH — The rumor emerged last fall, lingered, and today became fact during a Free State of Bavaria cabinet meeting: Serge Dorny, 56, and Vladimir Jurowski, 45, will in Sept. 2021 take over as Intendant and Generalmusikdirektor, respectively, at Bavarian State Opera. So said a statement from Bavaria’s […]
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Tags: Andris Nelsons, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Ludwig Spaenle, München, Munich, News, Semperoper, Serge Dorny, Vladimir Jurowski
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Thursday, March 1st, 2018
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. For those of you who are unaware, on February 28, 2018 U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), both former chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have introduced the Arts Require Timely Service Act (ARTS Act); a bill that would require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to provide […]
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Tags: uscis, Visa Legislation, visa petition, visas
Posted in Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Visas | Comments Off on SOME CANTANKEROUS MUSINGS ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO SPEED UP USCIS INCOMPETENCY