CONDUCTOR GEORGE CLEVE DIES AT 79

ALL-AROUND versatile SF Bay Area opera and orchestra conductor with an international career was especially in demand for Mozart. Click HERE

MARIN ALSOP, NEW PEABODY CONDUCTING DIRECTOR

SHE REPLACES retiring Gustav Meier, conducting associate with Cabrillo Festival. Click HERE

ISRAEL & IRAN OPPOSE BARENBOIM CONCERT

SCHEDULED TEHRAN PERFORMANCE by Berlin Staatskapelle provokes outrage over conductor’s citizenship and activism. They were supposed to accompany Angela Merkel on a state visit. Click HERE

PERFORMING ARTS PEOPLE

LUIS VALDEZ, ‘father’ of Chicano Theater, playwright, actor, director, celebrating the 50th anniversary of El Teatro Campesino. Click HERE

FRESH REVIEW

LUIS VALDEZ’ Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution, now at the Western Stage. Click HERE

Scott MacClelland, editor; Cleve photo by Bob Shomler

SHAKESPEARE ENDS, CORRIDOS! BEGINS
SANTA CRUZ SEASON ends this weekend. Luis Valdez’ Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution opens in Salinas. Click our CALENDAR for details.

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

LAST WEEK’S Performing Arts People person was Dawn Walker, principal flute of the Monterey Symphony and a member of the Carmel Bach Festival orchestra. This week it’s Forrest Byram, principal tuba for the Monterey, Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Festival orchestras (among others.) To read both, click HERE  (Byram photo by rr jones)

VOCAL CORD INJURIES

WHY ARE SO MANY SINGERS suffering? Steven M. Zeitels, surgeon and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center, explains the causes and treatment to Vulture’s Lauretta Charlton. Click HERE

TWYLA THARP CELEBRATES HER 50TH

BRILLIANT CHEEKY dancer/choreographer reflects on her legacy. From the New York Times. Click HERE

HISTORY-MAKING MOMENTS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL RHETORIC

HOW THE 1968 WILLIAM F BUCKLEY/GORE VIDAL on-air confrontation changed the buzz game forever. Richard Brody writes if for The New Yorker. Click HERE

CLASSICAL MUSIC TAKES A VACATION

FOLLOWING the Cabrillo Festival, classical musicians get a well-deserved holiday before the regular fall-winter-spring seasons start up in October. An exception is Philip Glass’ Days & Nights Festival in Big Sur and Monterey in late September. Stay tuned.

Scott MacClelland, editor