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First Prize at Chopin Piano Comp
is awarded to Yulianna Avdeeva, the first female Gold
metalist in 45 years...
Washington Post |
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Muti cancels Chicago due to illness
a no-show in inaugural fall season, but will return for
winter concerts...
Huffington Post |
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G. Schirmer Inc. offers free scores
Oldest music publisher in North America puts scores online
for free viewing and printing...
Classical Voice |
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Domingo Announces L.A. Opera's
2009/10 Season
Three Ring Cycles, Handel's Tamerlano, plus
Hampson/Fleming recital...
Classical Voice |
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Tolzer Knabenchor visits L.A.
Germany's most famous boys choir joins Musica Angelica
this month...
Classical Voice |
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Editorial: The Business of Met Opera
A critical overview of the Met's new regime...Was it art
or entertainment?
Classical Voice |
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Scientist reveals secret of
Stradivari
consistent wood density the key to the 'Stradivarius
sound' -- says new study...
PLoS Journal |
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Cab driver returns $4M Stradivarius
grateful violin virtuoso plays private concert for Newark,
NJ cab drivers...
USA Today |
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Fire damages Berlin Philharmonie
firefighters battle blaze with foams, saving Berlin's
cultural icon and priceless instruments...
Gramophone News |
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Obituary: Giuseppe di Stefano
one of the most exciting and unpredictable tenors in
postwar era...
U.K. Guardian |
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Mozart manuscript auction sets
record
A leaf from Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat sold by
Sotheby's for $228,484 ..
Associated Press |
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Interview: Licia Albanese
At 93, this great Italian diva talks candidly about
opera's past, present and future...
Classical Voice Exclusive |
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Rostropovich's art collection bought
in its entirety by a Russian
billionaire and is going back home to Russia...
Gramophone |
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MP3 music - better than it sounds?
Hi-Fi record producers decry
lo-fi MP3's and earbuds. Do we really need music going all
the time?...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Raves for 2007 Ojai Music Festival
featuring piano music by
Elliott Carter, Charles Ives and "Das Lied Von Der Erde"
by Mahler/Schoenberg
Ojai Music Festival |
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Mstislav Rostropovich dies of cancer
the greatest living cellist of
our time is dead at 80...
NPR |
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Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt
Embarks on a year-long world
tour playing Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier...
www.bachworldtour.com
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L.A. Opera's La Traviata goes astray
Despite Fleming & Villazon, it
fails to impress this critic...
Los Angeles Times |
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Lost Beethoven manuscript found
After 115 years, manuscript of
Grosse Fugue remains in pristine condition...
NPR |
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Germans perform Holocaust opera
"Brundibar" by Czech-Jewish
composer Hans Krasa, marking Auschwitz 60-year anniversary...
BBC News |
Renata Tebaldi dies at 82
The greatest soprano in
post-war Italy dies at her home in San Marino...
BBC News |
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Interview: Alessandra Marc
The great dramatic soprano
takes a break from her Lisbon Turandot...
Special to Classical Voice |
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Bayreuth opens 'African' Parsifal
Director Schlingensief booed;
Conductor Pierre Boulez applauded...
Associated Press |
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Carlos Kleiber has died
Reclusive conductor of limited
discography but formidable skills ...
Gramophone |
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Rosenberg quits San Francisco
Controversial general director
won't renew her contract for 2006...
SFGate.com |
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Found: L.A. Phil's Stradivarius cello
Forgetful cellist Stumpf
relieved; more questions raised by police...
Los Angeles Independent |
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London's Savoy Opera
does it on the cheap in its
first (and probably last) season...
Christian Science Monitor |
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Walt Disney Hall's pipe dreams
at 40 tons, 6134 curvy pipes, the organ is an artistic and
technological marvel...
New York Times |
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Dynamic duo:
Brendel, Schiff, Uchida all forego solo spotlight to play
in song recitals...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Interview: Karita Mattila
Lovely
Finnish soprano chats with Classical Voice before her
sensational Salome debut in Paris...
Special to Classical Voice |
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OBIT: Robert J. Harth (1957-2004)
visionary executive director of Carnegie Hall, found dead
in his apartment, of an apparent heart attack...
L.A. Times |
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La Fenice opera house reopens in Venice, Italy
Operatic phoenix rises from the ashes after nearly 8 years...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Walt Disney Concert Hall opens in L.A.
Can a
building make the L.A.'s heart sing?...
Christian Science Monitor |
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Bad luck at Spain's Royal Opera
La
Traviata strike on opening night; Gheorghiu walks out...
Reuters |
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English audiences embrace the music of Hector Berlioz
200
years after his birth, the great French composer remains
largely unloved by his native country...
The Economist |
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La Jolla Music Society announces its
35th Anniversary Season roster:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Juilliard
String Quartet, cellist Lynn Harrell -- October 2003 - May
2004...
San Diego Magazine |
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Interview: Daniil Shtoda & Larissa
Gergieva
Classical Voice chats with young Mariinsky tenor and his
teacher, conductor Valery Gergiev's sister...
Classical Voice Exclusive |
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Orchestra obligations may derail
N.Y. merger
A new twist in the NY Phil - Carnegie Hall merger saga...
Houston Chronicle |
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Renée
Fleming 'tries out' her first Violetta in Houston
in preparation for her September Met debut in the plum
Verdi role...
Houston Chronicle |
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To sell tickets, the arts get creative
Economy
forces groups to rethink everything from fundraising to
show times...
Christian Science Monitor |
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Paavo Jarvi creates buzz with Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra as
the maestro enters his second season with CSO...
Cincinnati Post |
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
leans
toward traditional next season, amidst budget cuts...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Houston Symphony to go on strike,
in protest of 14% salary cut and raised insurance premiums...
Houston Chronicle |
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Soprano Galina Gorchakova,
singing Norma in San Diego next month, talks to
Classical Voice in a candid interview...
Special to Classical Voice |
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Rising water threatens La Scala
Fears grow over redevelopment
of Milan's Teatro alla Scala...
Gramophone |
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South Bay Chamber Music Society
2002-2003 season opens Sept 27th
with Linda Wang, violinist...
Classical Voice News |
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Snake brings darkness to Santa Fe
Opera
A bull snake crawled into a transformer and caused power
outage...
Santa Fe New Mexican |
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Why conductors have great sex
Norman
Lebrecht explains in this highly provocative article...
This Is London |
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Bernard Haitink conducts farewell gala at Covent Garden,
ending his 15-year reign of the Royal Opera...
Financial Times |
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Samuel Ramey,
60, weds Lindsey Larsen, 38...
New York Times |
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San Jose Symphony
plays its final notes before
heading to bankruptcy court...
Yahoo! News |
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Director Jonathan Miller
talks about his falling out with the Metropolitan Opera
over Cecilia Bartoli...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Pavarotti withdrew from Met Tosca
just 90
minutes before the opening night performance, citing
influenza...
New
York Times |
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Early
Music Festivals in
Europe feature works by Gesualdo, Taverner, Monteverdi,
and Dufay...
Early
Music Network |
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Dutoit
quits Montreal After
trying to fire musicians, the orchestra revolts and the
maestro bows out...
Toronto
Star |
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Pianist
Yefim Bronfman plays with L.A. Philharmonic
in
Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto at the Orange County
Performing Arts Center, May 18...
Classical
Voice News |
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Gösta
Winbergh, Swedish tenor, dies at 58 -- a
superb Lohengrin at Los Angeles Opera...
Classical
Voice News |
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The
'Lisbon Traviata' mystery
unraveled in this special report from Portugal...
Classical
Voice News |
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Pianist
Robert Thies debuts with Pasadena
Symphony
in
Dohnanyi's Variations on a Nursery Tune, Apr 13...
Classical
Voice News |
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Juiliard
Violin Teacher Dorothy Delay dies at 84
Delay was famous for teaching stars from Itzhak Perlman
to Midori...
Associated
Press |
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Vladimir
Ashkenazy
talks about his latest recording of Rachmaninov's 4th
Piano Concerto with Helsinki Philharmonic...
Gramophone |
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The
Rachmaninov International Piano Competition &
Festival
will
be held in Pasadena, Mar 22- Apr 6
Classical
Voice News |
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Vienna
Philharmonic
returns to Orange County March 12-14...
Classical
Voice News |
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Heppner
withdraws from The Royal Opera's Tristan ...
New
York Times (AP) |
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Dumbing
down opera singing:
Three Tenors should have quit after their first collaboration
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San
Francisco Chronicle |
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Sweet
on the
Lyric Opera of Chicago
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Chicago
Sun-Times |
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New
York City Opera
seeks partners for move to Ground Zero ...
New
York Times |
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Computer
problem
causes chaos for Scottish
Opera's world premiere of 'Monster'
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FT.com/The
Herald |
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Inga
Nielsen:
a woman who likes to be "in the extremes" ...
Guardian
Unlimited |
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Abraham
Lincoln's opera glasses
and final speech up for sale ...
FT.com/Independent
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Günter
Wand,
German conductor, dies at 90 ...
San
Francisco Chronicle (AP) |
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Obituary:
Alain Vanzo,
French tenor with restrained, nuanced style, dies at 73
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New
York Times |
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Bayreuth cancels Israeli Phil invite
Wagner's great-granddaughter, Katharina, retracts invite
to Israeli Phil...
Guardian |
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Interview: Nedda Casei
Raymond Beegle reminisces with American mezzo Nedda Casei...
Classical Voice |
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The great pianist Earl Wild has died
one of the greatest pianists in history, with omnivorous
repertoire
Gramophone UK |
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Thielemann to take over in Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden name him principal conductor from
2012...
Gramophone UK |
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Mozart manuscript found in France
a sketch fragment for a Mass is found in a provincial
library ...
Detroit News |
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'The
Fly' is buzz of Paris season
operatic adaptation of the 1986 sci-fi/ horror classic
opens in Paris, July 2...
Associated Press |
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Iconic UK label EMI sold for $6.4B
New boss says he will turn the record label around, lay
off 35% employees...
NY Times |
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Experts reconstruct Bach's face
experts have digitally rebuilt J.S. Bach's face. The
result surprises many fans...
Deutsche Welle |
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San Diego Opera's 2009 Season
Tosca, Don Quixote, Rigoletto, Peter Grimes, Madama
Butterfly...
Classical Voice |
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NY Phil's historic visit to North
Korea
Program- Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude, Dvorak 9th, American in
Paris...
New York Times |
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Interview: Angela Gilbert
Classical Voice chats with San
Diego Opera's Maria, Queen of Scots...
Special to Classical Voice |
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Preview: Tannhäuser
in San Diego
Classical Voice talks to Ian
Campbell of San Diego Opera about revival of
Schneider-Siemssen designed sets...
Special to Classical Voice |
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Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)
King of high C's loses his
battle with pancreatic cancer. The world mourns the
greatest Italian tenor since Caruso...
New York Times |
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NY Phil considers North Korea invite
Will art triumph over
political impediments? Will music soothe an evil beast?...
Reuters |
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Met to triple HD simulcast screens
As many as 400 movie theaters
will receive HD simulcasts from the Met in 2007-2008
season...
Playbill Arts |
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Classical music as gang buster?
Authorities in Tacoma, WA are
playing Bach at bus stops to keep gangs away...
Australian AP |
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A digital concert companion
PDA guides listeners through a
concert performance in real time...
NPR |
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Met holds singles night
in a campaign to woo young
opera lovers...
Reuters |
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Sound of Music at Vienna Volksoper
Surprisingly, most Austrians
have not heard the hit American musical, until now...
BBC News |
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La Scala tells Riccardo Muti:
"You're
fired!" in the aftermath of the Fontana scandal...
The Scotman |
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Teatro alla Scala re-opens on Dec 7
after a
three-year, $60 million restoration...
Guardian Unlimited |
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James Conlon takes over L.A. Opera
in
2006, succeeding Kent Nagano as Music Director...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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San Francisco Symphony and PBS
team up for a five-year
multimedia marketing campaign...
Christian Science Monitor |
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Gerard Schwarz leaves Liverpool
but stays on as music director
of Seattle Symphony...
Seattle Times |
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Alberto Vilar on the MET
calling it "bite the hand that
feeds"; predicts a comeback...
Business Week |
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Size matters in Royal Opera's Ariadne
Svelt
German soprano substitutes portly American diva...
New York Times |
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Volpe on Pavarotti's MET farewell
in a candid interview with Allan Kozinn...
New York Times |
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Joseph Volpe to leave the MET
in 2006, claiming age and taxing workload...
New York Times |
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French ensemble Les Arts Florissants
celebrates its 25th anniversary with a four-city U.S. tour
in Washington D.C., New York, Atlanta and Chicago...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Gidon Kremer left his $3 million Stradivarius on Amtrak
train
while en
route to Baltimore's Penn station...
Associated Press |
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Beethoven manuscript fetches $2 million at Sotheby's
Scherzo
of Op. 127 String Quartet goes to an anonymous telephone
bidder...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Lyric Opera of Chicago's 50th anniversary gala -- all Sold
Out
in
October, 2004 features all-star lineup: Fleming, Heppner,
Freni, Mattila, Rost...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Franco Corelli dies at 82 in Milan, Italy
One of
opera's greatest matinee idols...
Associated Press |
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NY Philharmonic, Carnegie call off merger
After
six months of legal and logistical turmoils, the deal is
off...
Associated Press |
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Deborah Drattell's new opera
Nicholas and Alexandra
premiered in Los Angeles, to general critical scorn,
despite awesome star power...
New York Times
(free registration required) |
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Natalie Dessay will return to Santa Fe for "Sonambula" in
2004
A
surprise announcement that has fans scrambling for tickets...
Houston Chronicle |
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A Prodigy, a Piano, Hardship, Stardom
A
behind-the-scene look at the 21-year-old sensation Lang
Lang from China...
New York Times
(free registration required) |
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Newly discovered Debussy piece
to be
played for the first time by pianist Jean-Pierre Armengaud
in Sweden...
Houston Chronicle |
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San Antonio Symphony,
$1.5 Million in debt, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Houston Chronicle |
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57th Annual Ojai Music Festival
Runs
May 28 through June 1, featuring Susuan Graham, Hélène
Grimaud, conductor/composer Pierre Boulez...
Classical Voice News |
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Composer Luciano Berio Dies at 77
Considered Italy's greatest composer of the late 20th
Century...
Associated Press |
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San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble
Texas-based early music ensemble performs selections from
their new CD "Ancient Echoes"...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Karen Stone to head Dallas Opera
Former
Director of Cologne Opera will assume new post August 15,
2003...
Houston Chronicle |
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Chamber music at Caltech
features the Takacs Quartet, the Guarneri String Quartet,
and the Academy of St.-Martin-in-the Fields...
Classical Voice News |
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Interview: Jennifer Larmore
Popular
American mezzo reflects on her career path and future
plans, as well as the vogue of countertenors...
Classical Voice Exclusive |
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San Francisco Opera cuts $5.2 Million, 26 jobs
in a drastic measure to restructure the debt-ridden
company...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Italian tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini
talks to Classical Voice in a
four-part interview...
Special to Classical Voice |
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Heiress gives $120 million to arts charity
Reclusive Indianapolis heiress
gives $120M to Americans for the Arts...
The Guardian |
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Un Ballo Closes
Mariinsky Theatre's 219th Season
New season opens October 6th...
Classical Voice News |
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American soprano Anne Brown is 90
for
whom Gershwin wrote the role of Bess in "Porgy and
Bess"...
Gramophone |
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The modern concertmaster
the
choice of a first violinist is the most important
appointment of any orchestra...
Washington Post |
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Judge finds price-fixing of Three
Tenors recordings by Vivendi
Universal and AOL Time Warner...
Associated Press |
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Out of their minds
Article explores female insanity in opera and history of
the "mad scene"...
Guardian Unlimited |
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'Rossini' bassoon concerto
receives North American première in Escondido, California...
Gramophone |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter gives the European
première of André Previn's Violin Concerto at the Barbican
Hall...
Gramophone |
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How
Much Satisfaction?
William F. Buckley, Jr. contemplates the continuing
decline of classical music on traditional radio...
Yahoo!
News |
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Mezzo-soprano
Vivica Genaux
talks about recording Arias for Farinelli and singing
Baroque...
Gramophone |
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Los
Angeles Opera presents Mozart's Magic Flute
in a restaging of the 1993 Peter J. Hall
production, Mar 24 - Apr 14...
Classical
Voice News |
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San
Diego Symphony conductor Jung-Ho Pak steps down
after reviving a once endangered orchestra...
San
Jose Mercury News |
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America's
favorite diva Renée
Fleming
comes to Escondido March 22...
Classical
Voice News |
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Maazel
says farewell with Mahler,
the Maestro conducts his last concert
in Munich before taking over the NY Philharmonic...
Gramophone |
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Columnist
Ching Chang talks with Renée
Fleming
about
her upcoming California tour...
sfgate.com |
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Why
we love Handel:
musicians, directors and writers explain his appeal...
Guardian
Unlimited |
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Is
Bach the greatest?
a genius or merely a superb artisan?...
Gramophone |
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Yvonne
Kenny
talks about her role as the Marschallin in the New
Zealand Festival's production of Der Rosenkavalier...
FT.com/The
Christchurch Press |
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Lincoln
Center
board to recommend Reynold Levy as next president ...
San
Francisco Chronicle (AP) |
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New
Frankenstein Opera
in London (well, Glasgow actually) ...
New
York Times (AP) |
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Directors?
What do they know?
As David Pountney is confirmed as the next director of
the Bregenz Festival ...
Guardian
Unlimited |
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Songs
in his heart:
Schwabacher's recital series has boosted illustrious careers
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San
Francisco Chronicle |
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Whether
he fell or jumped,
Metropolitan Opera's 'War and Peace' extra is out ...
San
Francisco Chronicle (AP) |
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Bryn
Terfel
withdraws
from Opera Australia's Meistersinger ...
Sydney
Morning Herald |
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Multimedia
opera
to premier on Web
New
York Times (AP) |
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Still
a Men's Club?
The Vienna Philharmonic tours with
five female alternates. Some say it's progress; others,
tokenism ...
L.A.
Times/Calendars Live |
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When
is an opera not an opera?
What's
the difference between a musical and an opera?
Guardian
Unlimited |
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Wolfgang Wagner
Director, Age 90
March, 2010 |
Philip Langridge
Tenor, Age 70
March, 2010 |
Earl Wild
Pianist, Age 94
January, 2010 |
HC Robbins Landon
Musicologist, Age 83
November, 2009 |
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Soprano, Age 82
November, 2009 |
Erich Kunzel
Conductor, Age 74
September, 2009 |
Hildegard Behrens
Soprano, Age 72
August, 2009 |
Lucas Foss
Composer, Age 86
February, 2009 |
Richard Van Allan
Bass, Age 73
December, 2008 |
Nicola Rescigno
Conductor, Age 92
August 2008 |
Anthony Minghella
Director, Age 54
March 2008 |
Giuseppe di Stefano
Tenor, Age 86
March 2008 |
Sergej Larin
Tenor, Age 51
January 2008 |
Luciano Pavarotti
Tenor, Age 71
September 2007 |
Alan Blyth
Music Critic, Age 78
August 2007 |
Régine Crespin
Soprano, Age 80
July 2007 |
Jerry Hadley
Tenor, Age 55
July 2007 |
Beverly Sills
Soprano, Age 78
July 2007 |
Julian Budden
Musicologist, Age 82
February 2007 |
Gian Carlo Menotti
Composer, Age 95
February 2007 |
György Ligeti
Composer, Age 83
June 2006 |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Soprano, Age 90
August 2006 |
Lorraine Hunt-
Lieberson
Mezzo-soprano, Age 53
July 2006 |
Birgit Nilsson
Soprano, Age 87
January 2006 |
Ghena Dimitrova
Soprano, Age 64
June 2005 |
Stanley Sadie
Musicologist, Age 75
March 2005 |
Victoria de Los Angeles,
Soprano, Age 81
January 2005 |
Renata Tebaldi,
Soprano, Age 82
December 2004 |
Robert Merrill,
Baritone, Age 85
December 2004 |
Carlos Kleiber,
Conductor, Age 74
July 2004 |
Yoko Watanabe,
Soprano, Age 51
July 2004 |
Robert J. Harth,
Carnegie Hall Executive Director, Age 47
January 2004 |
Hans Hotter,
Bass-Baritone, Age 94
December 2003 |
Franco Bonisolli,
Tenor, Age 65
October 2003 |
Franco Corelli,
Tenor, Age 82
October 2003 |
Christophe Durrant,
Conductor, Age 34
September 2003 |
Luciano Berio,
Composer, Age 77
May 2003 |
Otto Edelmann,
Bass-baritone, Age 86
May 2003 |
Lou
Harrison,
Composer, Age 85
February 2003 |
Jerome Hines,
Bass, Age 81
February 2003 |
John Browning,
Pianist, Age 69
January 2003 |
John Crosby,
Santa Fe Opera Founder,
Age 76
December 2002 |
Sandor Konya,
Tenor, Age 78
May 2002 |
Monica Sinclair,
Contralto, Age 77
May 2002 |
Volker
Straus,
Record producer, Age 65
May 2002 |
Mark
Ermler,
Conductor, Age 69
April 2002 |
Herbert Wernicke,
Opera designer, Age 56
April 2002 |
Gösta
Winbergh,
Tenor, Age 58
March 2002 |
Eileen
Farrell,
Soprano, Age 82
March 2002 |
Dorothy
Delay,
Violin teacher, Age 84
March 2002 |
Günter
Wand,
Conductor, Age 90
February 2002 |
Leo
Ornstein,
Composer/Pianist, Age 109
February 2002 |
Alain
Vanzo,
Tenor, Age 73
January 2002 |
Peter
Hemmings,
Opera Administrator,
Age 67
January 2002 |
Edward
Downes,
Musicologist, Age 90
December 2001 |
Martha
Mödl,
Soprano, Age 89
December 2001 |
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Monte
Pederson,
Bass Baritone, Age 43
November 2001
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Tatiana
Menotti,
Soprano, Age 90
October 2001 |
Cina
Cigna,
Soprano, Age 101
July 2001 |
Delme
Bryn-Jones,
Baritone, Age 66
June 2001 |
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