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Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opened in the Mount Royal cultural district in 1982 as the new home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The project was initiated by then-BSO president Joseph Meyerhoff, who donated $10 million. The city pitched in $2.5 million, and the state contributed $10.5 million for the construction. The opening day performance included pianist Leon Fleisher's return to two-handed performance. The circular, 2,443-seat hall is praised for both its looks and acoustics. It was constructed without flat walls or 90-degree angles, creating an ideal concert-going experience with unobstructed views. It is also one of the few concert halls that has box seats over the stage. In 19...
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opened in the Mount Royal cultural district in 1982 as the new home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The project was initiated by then-BSO president Joseph Meyerhoff, who donated $10 million. The city pitched in $2.5 million, and the state contributed $10.5 million for the construction. The opening day performance included pianist Leon Fleisher's return to two-handed performance. The circular, 2,443-seat hall is praised for both its looks and acoustics. It was constructed without flat walls or 90-degree angles, creating an ideal concert-going experience with unobstructed views. It is also one of the few concert halls that has box seats over the stage. In 1997, five summers of renovations began, including a three-year acoustic readjustment. Improvements included installation of risers on stage, sound diffusers, a modern sound system and a new acoustic canopy. In addition to the BSO, touring acts such as Jerry Seinfeld, the Indigo Girls, Harry Connick Jr. and Aretha Franklin, as well as local groups, have performed at the hall.
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Hard times for the arts
As the Baltimore Opera Company rehearsed last month for the production of Bellini's Norma, it faced a serious problem: Its available cash had dried up. With rumors spreading about the company folding, a board member ensured that the show would open - by...Tags: Orange (Orange, California), Opera, Classical Music, Orange County (California), Local Authority
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Alsop goes off the cuff with Tchaikovsky program of music and a talk
Marin Alsop is back in town for her first Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concerts since last month's sensational production of Leonard Bernstein's Mass that won over audiences and quite a few critics in New York and Washington, as well as right here. The...Tags: Classical Music, Theft, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cher, Popular Music
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Reviving a pearl of a sculpture garden
Baltimoreans have so many public treasures that are on the verge of being lost that we don't always stop and marvel when a cultural resource is actually saved. That's the case with Pearlstone Park, a sculpture park near the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Sculpture, Furniture, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Holiday shows around town
Baltimore Sun reporter• Tap dancing Santa Clauses and singer Sandi Patty return to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St. for the annual Holiday Spectacular with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. This year, they're joined by the African Children's Choir....Tags: Religious Festivals, Public Holidays, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1st Mariner Arena, Fiction
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Comedy's queen of cruel longs to be king
Lisa Lampanelli is an equal-opportunity basher. Blacks, whites, Asians, Jews and Hispanics are all in the cross hairs of this up-and-coming insult comic. The only demographic she doesn't lampoon on stage? Europeans. "You only hurt the ones you love,"...Tags: Don Rickles, Gene Simmons, Matt Lauer, Jim Carrey, Santa Rosa
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'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' starts its run here
How do you pack up a Broadway musical and take it on the road?
You get a really, really big suitcase.
The first national tour of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! officially opens tonight at the Hippodrome Theatre (after two preview...Tags: Music Theater, Television Industry, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1st Mariner Arena, Religious Festivals
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BSO does justice to German masters
With the economy careening around us, there's nothing like an evening with the gold standard of rock-solid German musical stock to settle the nerves. Beethoven concertos and Schumann symphonies, at least, never lose their value, or their ability to...Tags: Classical Music, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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A propulsive reading of Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
Leonard Slatkin returned this week to guest-conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's for the first time in 15 years and brought with him an eclectic bag of repertoire. The result is that he kills two birds with one-half a program - Rossini's Thieving...Tags: Folk Music, Vincent Price, Classical Music, Poetry, Halloween
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City ballot questions seek approval of borrowing
Casting a ballot for the next president may be what draws a record number of Marylanders to the polls tomorrow, but Baltimore voters will also decide on borrowing $125 million for projects that officials call an investment in the city's future....Tags: Voting, Druid Hill, Maryland Science Center, Classical Music, Baltimore Museum of Art
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There's nothing standard about Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters exudes diffidence.
Perhaps the Kewpie-doll prettiness, the comic innocence, the famous voice that trails off like a plume of smoke isn't just a persona that Peters has carefully cultivated during nearly six decades of performing.
It'...Tags: Music Theater, Television Industry, Cinema Industry, Judy Holliday, Celebrity Mothers
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November Social Calendar
Baltimore Sun reporterSaturday, Nov. 1 "A Champions' Tribute to Jim McKay" Benefits The Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation Cocktail attire The Hilton Baltimore, 401 W. Pratt St. 7 p.m. Tickets $175, $150 for museum members Call 410-727-1539, Ext. 3013 Saturday, Nov. 1 "Wine...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking, Jamie McCourt, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball
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Three standards stand out for BSO
After the intensity of Leonard Bernstein's Mass, the provocative work that occupied the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the past two weeks and garnered glowing notices from Washington to New York, last night's comfort-food program must have provided a...Tags: Paul Dukas, Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Classical Music, Halloween
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