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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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A plan to cut half of Germany’s radio orchestras
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New maestro in Warsaw
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Bernstein award goes to Russian cellist, 29
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Why Beethoven
They warned Beethoven: Never on a Friday night
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Opera boss is suspended in Germany
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Maestros and their motor cars (6): Arnold Schoenberg’s two-tone jalopy
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Viotti’s violin is in new hands
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A chair for Menahem Pressler
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RIP
Munich and Dresden mourn an accomplished intendant
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