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US festival scraps its orchestra
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Kirill Petrenko restores swagger to La Scala
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Sviatoslav Richter: I do not like myself
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Bryn Terfel is out for months with vocal fatigue
The Welsh baritone has pulled out of the…
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Pappano goes pop
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Pianist is thrown off US flight for breastfeeding
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Major US quartet replaces its viola (again)
We hear that the Dutch based violist Gil…
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Maestro waltz: US veteran lands Polish orchestra
Lawrence Foster, 76, has been named artistic director…
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NY Phil raises $50 million for Jaap’s opening season
This press release is a masterpiece of understatement….
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Maestro move: Jaap changes agent
We reported a month ago that Jaap Van…
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Tel Aviv gives Ivry, 95, the party of his life
Some of Israel’s leading musicians are putting on…
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How the Met survives James Levine
The seismic shock of James Levine’s exposure as…
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Vienna Opera: The exodus begins
Manuel Legris has just told the incoming director…
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Irish opera gets an artistic director
The newly formed Irish National Opera has appointed Fergus…
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Maazel’s Sacre bassoonist has died, at 62
The bassoon world laments the passing of Bruce…
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Keith Chegwin’s role in a Birtwistle opera
The composer Michael Nyman remembers seeing the TV…
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Yannick: I will keep all three jobs
The incoming music director of the Metropolitan Opera, Yannick…
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Death of a New York violin guru, 59
Family and friends are reporting the death of…
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This defiant soprano turns 100 this week
Hilde Zadek was evacuated from Poland as a…
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Domingo winner storms Lucia debut at zero notice
The Romanian soprano Adela Zaharia saved Donizetti’s Lucia…
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Opera takes a back seat on La Scala’s opening night
From my front seat at La Scala: The…
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What Tosca lands in at the Met
She takes the great leap off the battlements….
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Composer gives $1.2 million to her local concert hall
The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has offered one million…
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