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
...
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'
...
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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