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Success and sustainability: The art of being a festival director

By Thomas May, 27 April 2018
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“People who try to be complete generalists from the start run into trouble”
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Thomas May
Thomas May
Thomas May is a writer and translator based in Seattle. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader, and he blogs about the arts at memeteria.com. He has written for The Washington Post, Gramophone, Listen, Symphony magazine, OPERA America, crosscut.com, and many other publications.