MOT Founder Receives Kresge Eminent Artist Honor
Submitted by Steve on January 9, 2013
From Michael H. Hodges for the Detroit News:
David DiChiera, founder and general director of the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit, has been named the 2013 Kresge Eminent Artist, Troy-based Kresge Foundation announced today. The award, which comes with $50,000, cites DiChiera's achievement in bringing opera back to the city, making it accessible to new audiences and creating the Detroit Opera House from an abandoned building just off Grand Circus Park.