Donald rosenberg cleveland orchestra

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Reviewing a Cleveland performance at Carnegie Hall last Oct. Rosenberg has a right to his opinion. Almost all newspaper music critics have stories of leafleting or letter-writing campaigns against them. Famous tales abound. Georg Solti was said to have refused to take over as maestro at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra until he was assured that the fearsome Claudia Cassidy had retired as a critic for The Chicago Tribune.

Leonard Bernstein had his nemesis in Harold C. It is difficult to tell exactly what happened in Cleveland, a city that takes exceptional pride in its orchestra, perhaps the major source of whatever national or international cultural luster the city has. By Mr. Goldberg, who has been editor of the paper for a little over a year, on Sept.

Rosenberg recounted. Rosenberg said. Goldberg also said that she wanted broader coverage of the orchestra, he added. Terrance C. Rosenberg said that after Ms. Goldberg took over as editor, letters criticizing his views on Mr. Rosenberg added. In an interview, Mr. Of course he would be let go. Is this what the Plain Dealer has become?

It was once a highly-respected newspaper. Comment by Mark Lutton — August 20, at pm. Rebecca, I would take an atypical for me stand.

The newspaper chickened out — what else to expect from them? But the orchestra or conductors have to have some mechanism to defend themselves. We obviously will not see a conductor or orchestra PR person to be engaged in a debate with a reviewer and to defend their position. However, an experience indicates that if one side has option to defend itself then results are worth to observe.

The famous case of Bose, Inc vs. Sill, is not practicable too much to battle revisers and the most important that Cleveland or any other SO have no mechanism to do it in a dignified fashion. The CO got rid of Mr.

Rosenberg but I feel that they did it OBLY as they had no other ways to express own disagreement or announce. So, they strike an administrative action — very sad indeed but what other option they had? Here is a question to the editors of this publication: how it might be done in Boston. Rosenberg did then what might be BSO reaction?

I am so sick and disgusted with the gutless and unfortunately predictable reviews that saturated our media that I do not know how about you but I would love to see some blood.

Of cause the SOs and conductors feel that it is beyond them to voice opinion publicly in defense of own interest, but I would ask why not? Rosenberg opinion then they would use it. Comment by Romy The Cat — August 22, at pm. Mark Lutton, I do not think you are right blaming the businesses side of story. No one read classical music reviews without understanding what they read and orchestras do not fill halls based upon those those reviews.

Those reviews are not car reviews and they do not drive sale. They are not PR or anti-PR issues but they are subject of egos, egos pure and simple. Egos is an artistic impression are perfectly normal — let them to be. Even the BSO gets called on certain of its work. Comment by Lee Eiseman — August 22, at pm. Lee your reply just gives more credit to my observation the fact that BMInt tends do not publish negative reviews.

Do you know how many very concerts took place between last January and now? Did you even read about them at BMInt? Tem me if you know. What is ridiculous is that you deny that BMInt tend to step around the sharp corners or musical criticism. I can name many examples from this season that were very bad and BMInt never raised a voice about them.

OK, let have some fun and bring some parallels. The Cleveland media outlet fears to annoy Cleveland SO and get rid of a reviewer with uncomfortable views. The Boston media outlet is trying to maintain a good relational with peers and have a tendency do not review bad performances.

Lee, I do not think that this dialog would go anywhere. Comment by Romy the Catf — August 22, at pm. I defended him in a series of letters, two to the Globe and one particularly to Henry B.

Cabot, President of the Board, from whom i heard back in February