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Exclusive: US opera company declares bankruptcy
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Israel mourns formative concertmaster, 99
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He changed opera in every corner of the country
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Breaking: Bayreuth to stage its operas in China
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LA Phil snatches Philly fundraiser
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Leipzig mourns music director
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Wales ekes £1.5 million (sic) on arts
In today’s budget statement in Cardiff there was…
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Moscow launches program to convert sound recordings into music scores
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has…
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Cancer claims soaring French soprano
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Opera
Bayreuth says it’s ‘extremely difficult’ to find German sponsors
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RIP
Memorial for London pianist, 27
From the family and friends of Emily Hoh:…
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Death of Covent Garden principal, 96
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Chicago Symphony nets $50 million gift
The orchestra’s main suppporter, the Zell family, put…
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ballet
Strike at Opéra de Paris
Hey-ho, what else is new? The premiere of…
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Opera
UK star soprano quits UK management
The Welsh-Ukrainian soprano Natalya Romaniw, currently singing Tosca…
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US revolutionary Marxist to be honoured at Royal Albert Hall
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Orchestras
Depressing: Washington topples Beethoven with Vivaldi
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RIP
Iceland mourns composer, 99
Jón Nordal, principal of the Reykjavík School of…
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Major quartet loses founder after 56 years
The University of St Andrews, in Fife, has…
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Carnegie goes dark as Janine cancels
Message from Carnegie Hall: Carnegie Hall today announced…
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ballet
Top Bolshoi ticket exceeds $1,000
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The Pires tattoo. What is that about?
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The 2025 Thibaud-Long Competition: One French entrant, the rest Asian
Here’s the list of selected candidates. Marguerite Long…
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