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Opera
The Ring man cometh
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Orchestras
Barenboim quits Berlin Phil’s Europakonzert
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Daily Comfort Zone
The very best of Andrew Davis (4): His last recording
We hear that Andrew recently recorded for Chandos…
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The very best of Andrew Davis (5): Panic stations
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Orchestras
Editorial: Chicago got a raw deal
On paper, it looks like the Chicago Symphony…
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Orchestras
Breaking: Chicago Symphony names music director
As foretold in Slippedisc.com, it’s the overcommitted young…
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Opera
Top soprano returns after 3 years’ silence
The Ukrainian-Armenian soprano Maria Guleghina was one of…
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Orchestras
More good news: Herbert Blomstedt is back
The Swedish conductor, who is 96, will preside…
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RIP
Takemitsu’s trusted pianist dies
We have been notified of the death at…
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News
Biz news: Partner up now
Two joint managements were formed this morning. Hervé…
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Opera
Another US opera company shuts down
After 22 years and hundreds of performances, Miami…
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News
Good news: Murray Perahia makes welcome return
After a six-year absence from the concert stage…
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News
Korean jumps in at Met as Nadine falls sick
The Korean soprano Park So-young sang a title…
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Orchestras
Concertgebouw books baroque conductor
There is a Nikolaus Harnoncourt shaped hole in…
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News
Marin Alsop: I’d like to try out for LA Phil
The US conductor is presently chief conductor of…
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Orchestras
Revealed: Yuja Wang wore a heart monitor in Rachmaninoff marathon
On January 28 last year at Carnegie Hall,…
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News
NY Philharmonic board member is arrested for child porn
Media in Princeton, New Jersey, are reporting that…
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RIP
Death of a Canadian conductor, 86
We have been notified of the passing of…
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Orchestras
A Boston player remembers life with Seiji
BSO bass trombonist Douglas Yeo has shared with…
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Orchestras
Juilliard hires three composers
Having fired composition chair Robert Beaser last year…
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News
Salzburg claims Easter earnings record
The Salzburg Easter Festival, which ends tonight, achieved…
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Daily Comfort Zone
What is music criticism? A lawyer writes…
In a passionate act of independent advocacy for…
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Opera
An opera for Putin: Eugene Onegin comes out queer
New York’s Heartbeat Opera is staging a queer…
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