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Setting the stage: The enduring legacy of Max Röthlisberger

Set of "Rigoletto" by Max Röthlisberger When IU Opera Theater kicks off its 2007-2008 season on Sept. 21, with Giuseppe Verdi's ever-popular Rigoletto, few opera-goers sitting in the Musical Arts Center may realize that the opera's lavish set was built 33 years ago and is part of the oeuvre of legendary set designer Max Röthlisberger. Swiss-born Röthlisberger had acted, directed and designed sets in Europe's leading opera houses for more than 40 years and was in his 60s when he was recruited to IU by former School of Music Dean Wilfred Bain in 1973. Rigoletto's set was first used in 1974 and is being used for the last time for this season's production, which runs at 8 p.m. Sept. 21-22 and 28-29 in the MAC.  Full Story

 Leonard Slatkin will debut when he directs the IU Philharmonic on Sept. 23

Leonard Slatkin

In an auspicious moment in the life of the Jacobs School of Music, internationally renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will begin his tenure as faculty member by conducting the IU Philharmonic on Sunday (Sept. 23). The maestro will lead the orchestra in Barber's Symphony No.1 in One Movement, Op. 9, and Elgar's Enigma Variations, Op. 36. Elevating the occasion even more, fellow Jacobs faculty member Sylvia McNair, Grammy-Award winning soprano, will join Slatkin and the orchestra for Canteloube's Selections from Chants d'Auvergne. Slatkin is the latest addition to a long line of musical superstars who, in the last three years, have chosen to base their teaching careers in Bloomington.

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 IU School of Medicine professor finds joy in making glass blown creations

Rothenberg glass

Head to the second floor of Indiana University Hospital, pass through a door off a quiet hallway, and you'll enter a space of dazzling luminosity where surface after surface of smooth glass throws back every color of the rainbow. This is how you'll know you are approaching the office of IU School of Medicine professor Jeffrey Rothenburg, M.D. This busy ob-gyn has found time in between deliveries, surgeries and teaching duties to create thousands of blown glass sculptures.

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 Literary giant David Sedaris returns to the IU Auditorium

David Sedaris

The sardonic voice of America's pre-eminent literary humorist comes to life when David Sedaris takes to the IU Auditorium stage Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. Sedaris is the best-selling author of Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day, a collection of the author's dry wit and wry musings.

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 C-SPAN2's Book TV Bus motoring to IU Bloomington on Sept. 21

C-SPAN Book TV Bus

Fans of C-SPAN2's "Book TV" can visit the cable channel's Book TV Bus when it makes a stop at Indiana University Bloomington on Friday (Sept. 21). The bus is a customized 45-foot long motor coach with a mobile television production studio and media demonstration center on board.

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 Jacobs School composer takes home prestigious composition title

David Dzubay

David Dzubay, composer and professor of music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, took home first prize in the 2007 Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival/Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition. A 2007 Guggenheim Fellow, Dzubay was awarded $2,000, and his winning piece, "Double Black Diamond," will be performed at the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival on Nov. 9.

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 Brown County veteran Rob Johansen returns to Nashville stage in classic comedy 'Plaza Suite'

Plaza Suite

Following the critical success of Pump Boys and Dinettes, Lend Me a Tenor and The Glass Menagerie, the Brown County Playhouse closes its 59th annual season with Neil Simon's classic three-part comedy Plaza Suite. The production also marks the return to the Brown County stage of audience favorite Rob Johansen, who stars alongside his wife Jennifer.

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 Previous issue

Bob Dylan

The Sept. 6, 2007 issue of Live at IU featured the upcoming performances that will celebrate IU's cultural heritage during "Celebrate IU" week. Also highlighed were stories about the IU Jacobs School of Music's 2007-08 season, a preview of the School of Journalism's fall speaker series, a preview to the Kate Clinton event, a look at IU's Department of Communication and Culture film conference, highlights from this year's Festival Latino and a feature on IU South Bend Professor Nancy Botkin who published a book this year.

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