Miscellaneous
New York Choral Society and Orchestra to Play Rarely Heard 'St. Paul' by Felix Mendelssohn at Carnegie Hall, David Haynes Music Director
Former Martha Graham Dance Co. Principal Dancer Receives National Endowment for the Arts Work Grant for RIOULT Dance Piece 'Polymorphous'
RIOULT Dance, an established name in modern dance, is one of the 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) work grant. Keith A. Wolfe of Fort Worth Opera Appointed New General Director of Opera Birmingham, Succeeding John D. Jones
Opera Birmingham, the only professional opera company in northern and central Alabama, has appointed Keith A. Wolfe, executive director of Fort Worth Opera, as the new general director of the company.Wolfe, 43, starts his new position with the 60-year-old company Jan. 5 and hopes to usher in a new era of community engagement, greater visibility and adventurous programming.“Contemporary opera can address political and social issues, and that can be used as a launching point for greater community conversations,” he says.But he will still maintain traditional productions such as the grand operas of Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti.
