MUSIC / DANCE

MUSIC MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND: Average annual salaries at the American orchestras that voted to strike in ‘96: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, $94,785; Philadelphia Orchestra, $90,000; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, $64,000; Oregon Symphony Orchestra, $37,000.

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A FIRST: Full-frontal male nudity on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage (“Nur Du,” Tanztheater Wuppertal), Oct. 10-13.

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AND SOME LASTS: Final performance of the bankrupt San Diego Symphony, April 28; final performance of the bankrupt Sacramento Symphony, May 5.

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UNNECESSARY INNOVATIONS:

--The Three Tenors World Tour, which started July 22 in New Jersey and ends Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada, after visiting eight cities around the globe.

--The Three Sopranos “world premiere performance,” on the grounds of the Century Plaza Towers, Century City, Sept. 7.

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GANG FUNDING: In order to commission avant-garde dance darling Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal, six presenters and institutions joined funding and forces to the tune of $1.2 million.

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NO FUNDING: With just six months to go before the pull-the-plug deadline of June 1997, the Disney Hall fund-raisers announced just one new donor in 1996 for the beleaguered project.

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NEGATIVE FUNDING: John Clifford’s attempt to revive Los Angeles Ballet sputtered in 1995 and came to a bitter end in June 1996, when his 45 dancers won a $1,197,960 judgment against himat an arbitration hearing.

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LOS ANGELES, WHERE? The biggest events we never got to see: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Peter Sellars (director), “The Rake’s Progress” world premiere, Thea^tre du Cha^telet, Paris, Sept. 28, and scheduled for a world tour next year (but still not L.A.). Mark Morris’ “The Hard Nut,” West Coast premiere, Berkeley, Dec. 15. Merce Cunningham’s “Ocean,” United States premiere, Berkeley, April 19. Frankfurt’s Ensemble Moderne, with composer-conductor (and Californian) John Adams, scheduled to appear at the Japan America Theatre on April 30 and at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on May 1, canceled because of financial difficulties.

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HOT SELLOUTS, SERIES CATEGORY:

--Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen and others conducting, 32 performances, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (3,200 seats)

--Hollywood Bowl Orchestra: six performances, Hollywood Bowl (approximately 18,000 seats)

--Da Camera Society “Chamber Music in Historic Sites”: 18 out of 22 events, various venues (7,568 seats total)

--L.A. Opera: Two performances each of “Cosi fan Tutte” and “Norma,” Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

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HOT SELLOUTS, ONE-NIGHT-STAND / SHORT-RUN CATEGORY:

--American Ballet Theater, “Romeo and Juliet,” Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, Feb. 24-25 (2,994 seats).

--Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Kahane, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Feb. 26. --Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, April 16-17 (1,538 seats).

--Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev conducting, “Tchaikovsky Spectacular With Fireworks,” Hollywood Bowl, Aug. 3.

--Midori, Wiltern Theatre, Oct. 25 (2,238 seats)

--Mark O’Connor, Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma “Appalachia Waltz” tour, Veterans Wadsworth Theater, Nov. 2 (1,456 seats).

--”Riverdance,” Pantages Theatre, Nov. 15-Dec. 1, all 21 performances (2,700 seats).

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HOT SELLOUTS, ROAD-TRIP CATEGORY:

--Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Peter Sellars, director, “The Rake’s Progress,” Thea^tre du Cha^telet, Paris, Sept. 28-Oct. 12, all six performances (approximately 2,000 seats).

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MILESTONES: Ernest Fleischmann announces his retirement, effective June 1997, after 32 years as managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Hollywood Bowl 75th anniversary season; the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s 10th anniversary; the Ojai Music Festival’s 50th anniversary; Bella Lewitzky’s 80th birthday; the Bella Lewitzky Company’s 30th anniversary.