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Opera
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Eminent US baritone, RIP
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Opera
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Death of a Pulitzer winning composer
The Amherst College professor and prolific composer Lewis…
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News
Just in: Scotland scraps arts cuts
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Orchestras
UK orchestra loses US tour due to visa troubles
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All shall have prizes: Tania’s 100 grand
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Opera
Renée Fleming snubs the Met
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Opera
An American mezzo receives rare German honour
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RIP
RIP: Stockhausen’s tin drummer
We have been notified by the family of…
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News
Just in: Bayreuth Festival budget is cut by $1 million
The Society for the Promotion of the Bayreuth…
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Netrebko’s German date sells out in 24 hours
The Wiesbaden May Festival reports that all tickets…
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RIP
When Bartok’s son recorded Dylan Thomas
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British baton quits German job
The town of Erfurt in Thuringia has been…
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Opera
Sarah Connolly: There are no friends of opera at the Arts Council
The leading English mezzo-soprano has a blast at…
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Opera
While Arts Council burns opera, Glyndebourne hires more learners
Message received: Glyndebourne is expanding its talent development…
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Opera
Paris splashes 7.2 million Euros on Opéra facade
The old Opéra Garnier is getting an overdue…
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NY Philharmonic musicians: We were unanimous about Dudamel
Interesting comment from the players’ search committee, whose…
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Opera
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The French singer Sophie Koch, who is taking…
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