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He plays bassoon like a first violin
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Maestros and their motorcars (8): Go, go, Joachim
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Opera
ENO’s last music director backs musicians’ strike
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Two batons get management
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Romania to get new opera house
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Upgrade for music director in Birmingham
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Oregon fudges its Bach Festival again
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Opera
Anglo is now a dirty word in US opera
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Maestros and their motorcars (7): Carlos Kleiber’s Audi
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