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The Blue Woman, Royal Opera, 6 July 2022
Image:Camilla Greenwell, ROHLinbury Studio TheatreWoman 1 – Elaine Mitchener Woman 2 – Lucy Schaufer Woman 3 – Gweneth Ann RandWoman 4 – Rosie MiddletonCellos – Louise McMonagle, Su-a Lee, Tamaki Sugimoto, Clare O’ConnellPercussionist – Angela Wai-Nok Hui Actor – Eve Ponsonby Voice-over Artist – Eleanor HendersonKatie Mitchell (director)Lizzie Clachan (designs)Emma Doherty (assistant director)James Farncombe (lighting)Grant Gee (video)Ellie Horne (dramaturgy)Matthew Fairclough (sound design)Jessica Cottis (music director)Jamie Man (conductor)What is opera? It may seem self-indulgent to begin by repeating, rehearsing, even reheating that question. It both matters and does not. The Tête a Tête Festival has surely shown London opera-goers that opera can be pretty much anything one wants it to be. And that, I think, is the point here. One may think The Blue Woman as much a theatre piece or even an installation as an opera, but does it matter? In some cases, it might—or at least might be interesting. This […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-12-15 21:01:00
Proposed Hirshhorn Garden Makeover Faces Skeptical Park Commission
Commissioners repeatedly expressed skepticism about core elements of the redesign proposed by the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, with one warning the end result could make the Sculpture Garden look like an “Olive Garden.” – The Cultural Landscape Foundation
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-07-17 22:01:00
Battle Over Hirshhorn Museum’s Plans To Redo Its Modernist Gardens
Although the museum calls Hiroshi Sugimoto’s design a “revitalization” of the sculpture garden, its critics feel it is much more than that. They are especially concerned with the proposed changes to the core of the garden, the portion with the reflecting pool. Under the current plan, the pool would be replaced with one more than […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-02-23 14:03:26
A 700-Year-Old Nutmeg Tree In The Hirshhorn Museum Lobby
"A design over two years in the making, [Hiroshi Sugimoto's makeover] transforms the museum's entrance and lobby area, turning the information desk into a coffee bar, and providing a more inviting seating area next to it. Sugimoto's armchairs reference both the iconically circular shape of the building and coils of DNA, and the tables are […]
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