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Winchester’s plan to get rid of choristers
We have been leaked a PowerPoint plan that…
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Thomas Mann opera flops
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San Fran Symphony sees a new conductor
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Trouble in church (2): The case of the non-undeniable NDA
Three years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin…
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Opera sells its house to pay off debts
Portland Opera in Oregon is vacating the Hampton…
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Car-buffs alert: What Leonard Bernstein kept in his garage
Aaron Trager wrote to the Leonard Bernstein Office,…
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Opera
Punch-ups at La Scala over French Medea
The return to La Scala of Cherubini’s Medea…
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El Sistema extends a tentacle to Sweden
CNN has a glowing report about an orchestra…
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Opera
An arresting return for Medea
This is an early production photo of Cherubuini’s…
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Opera
Toulon Opera names music director
Toulon Opera has created a position of music…
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Barenboim’s greatest ‘its
Courtesy of a fellow-maestro. Don’t we just long…
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RIP
Deaths of three composers
We have been notified of the following necrologies:…
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Orchestras
Three new violinists in the New York Philharmonic
Three violinists were awarded tenure in the orchestra…
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The man with the $1m hi-fi: a cautionary tale
From today’s Washington Post: …The faded photos tell…
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Orchestras
Hot young violinist, 17, opts for career in finance
The UK-Chinese violinist Leia Zhu has attracted much…
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When Chinese migrants were lynched on US tracks
Huang Ruo’s Angel Island is a challenging new…
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Dear Alma, I’m so sad I’m made to play bad music
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I’m…
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Opera
Jonas Kaufmann joins foreign legionnaires
The Austro-German tenor was today appointed chevalier de…
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Album Of The Week
Who needs Stravinsky when Martinu’s cat comes out to play?
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Stravinsky…
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Hilary’s agent jumps. She will surely follow
IMG V-P Naomi Ives quit the mega-agency on…
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Opera
Alastair Macaulay: An important Elektra for all the senses
Our critic is electrified at a Covent Garden…
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BA fires sex-charge UK conductor
The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires has sacked…
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Book of the month, farts and all
From the OUP list: Sounds as They…
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