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Review: The Marriage of Figaro goes on without an orchestra [Music]
It is unusual to mount an opera without an orchestra, but for Kentucky Opera, the unresolved dispute between the Louisville Orchestra and its players resulted in a creative workaround that is interesting in its simplicity. Luckily, the substitution of piano and harpsichord to accompany the singers actually works for this light, comic opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (But you might not want to try it with Aida!)
Louisville news: Capitalism edition [News]
- “An amendment to the vendors, peddlers and solicitors ordinance has moved through the Public Safety committee and will be on this week’s Metro Council agenda. The amendment, prepared by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s office, is aimed at making it easier for food-truck owners to operate in the city.” [Business First]
Louisville news: Allison Lundergan Grimes is very loud edition [News]
- Beshear and Abramson, Conway, Grimes, Hollenbach, Edelen, Comer win statewide office in Kentucky. [Courier-Journal]
- "Republicans won six of the nine seats on the Jeffersonville City Council, giving them a majority for the first time in memory, according to Jamey Noel, the Clark County GOP chairman." [Courier-Journal]
Louisville news: Boo! edition [News]
- "The Big 12 leaders voted to add West Virginia, rather than closer Big East rival Louisville, on Friday morning...'I'm not certain how everything went down, but they fought a good battle and won,' Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said...Louisville made a late push for inclusion that reportedly involved a phone call from Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Louisville alum, to Big 12 officials.
Louisville news: Late-to-Lou food truck trend stifled edition [News]
- " Kentucky judge agreed on Thursday to lift a restraining order that barred an outside political group from running campaign advertisements in the state. At a hearing Thursday, Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate agreed to lift his restraining order against Restoring America after the group disclosed that its sole donor was the father-in-law of Republican gubernatorial candidate David Williams. The group has spent more than $1.3 million to air television ads critical of Democratic Gov.
Louisville news: Louisville occupied; Louisville.com offices, most definitely vacant edition [News]
- "Occupy Louisville said their act of civil disobedience will go on indefinitely until they get legislation to eliminate corporate influence on the federal government. Nearly 100 protesters gathered in the downtown business district Tuesday because they're not pleased with the federal government. Occupy Louisville isn't targeting any specific businesses, but their mission is in line with Occupy Wall Street's. 'We share their vision.
Local news: Judy Green's supporters cry 'lynching,' embarrassing thmesleves and belittling real civil rights struggle edition [News]
- "The group Concerned Citizens for District 1 called Councilwoman Judy Green’s treatment a 'lynching' on a sign-in sheet at a rally held for Green on Thursday night at Rev. Louis H. Coleman Jr. Community Center. Several community members spoke and around 50 attended, including Green and her husband James Green. Many said they were upset about the Green’s treatment in Metro Council and questioned whether the body was treating Green unfairly because of her race.
Louisville news: Heterosexual unions ruining Kentucky's institution of marriage edition [News]
- "Mayor Greg Fischer’s office promised to promote the names of Louisville Metro Council members on banners and in print and radio ads in exchange for contributions from their taxpayer-funded discretionary accounts to this weekend’s WorldFest celebration — a practice one member calls 'incredibly distasteful.'" [Courier-Journal]
- "Three judges on a Kentucky Court of Appeals panel harshly challenged a lawyer for the Jefferson County Public Schools who contended du
Louisville Orchestra celebrates Prague in this Friday's Classics Series [Music]
The Louisville Orchestra continues its Classics Season tour of great musical cities with a program devoted to Prague. On Thursday, February 3 at 8 p.m. in Whitney Hall, Guest Conductor Andrew Grams will lead the orchestra in works of Mozart and Dvorak.
Louisville news: Saints and sinners edition [News roundup]
• Rep. Yarmuth to serve on Ethics Committee. [LEO]
• Angels sing as Louisville Orchestra musicians get paid at last. [WFPL]
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