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Detroit Opera Cancels 2025-26 Season Opener

July 18, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
A looming financial crisis has led the Detroit Opera (DO) to cancel its intended season-opening production of Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West . “This difficult decision was made due to an unforeseen shortfall in production … » Read
 

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79-year-old Piano Teacher Applies to Oxford—and Gets In

July 17, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
At 79, Susan Evans, a pub owner’s daughter from Pontypool, Wales, has lived a very full life. Surrounded by classical music as a child, she elected to pursue a career in film rather than music, earning a master’s degree at the Royal … » Read
 

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Trump Politics Interfere with LA Phil at the Bowl

July 16, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
That the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been forced to cancel four August concerts by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel has cut down significantly on the latter’s final Hollywood Bowl appearances with … » Read
 

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The Expanding (& Expensive) Tangle of Licensing Fees

July 15, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
For over a century, composers and music publishers have relied on Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) to see that they are fairly compensated for the use of their music. This system worked reasonably well until the recent explosion of … » Read
 

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Versailles Royalty to Make Stateside Debut in CA & NY

July 15, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
This summer the Versailles Royal Opera Orchestra will make its North American debut at Festival Napa Valley. Based at the Palace of Versailles just 12 miles outside Paris, the ensemble performs in a concert hall, once Europe’s largest, … » Read
 

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European B'casting Union Commissions 10 New Works

July 15, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
As part of its 75 th -anniversary celebration, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will commission ten new works from international composers; each will collaborate with a media ensemble—orchestra, choir, festival, radio ensemble, … » Read
 

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Glimmerglass in 2026

July 14, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Just before Glimmerglass's 2025 edition got underway over the weekend, it announced the highlights of the 2026 iteration, running from July 10 to August 17 with four mainstage productions, one youth opera, and two Special Pavilion events. In the … » Read
 

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Case In Point: Foreign Artists Vanishing from U.S. Stages

July 14, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
International performers coming to the U.S. have long found the process of obtaining visas challenging. The U.S. system is time-consuming, expensive, and often seemingly inconsistent, with last-minute denials of entry costing artists thousands of … » Read
 

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More Ohio-ans to Decide on 'Sin' Tax for the Arts

July 11, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The new, two-year budget recently signed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives counties with a charter form of government or populations of at least 800,000 the option to levy a cigarette tax to fund arts and cultural programming. "We have a lot of … » Read
 

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State Arts Funding: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly

July 10, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
In today’s political climate, state support for the arts is having its ups and—in Republican-run governments at least—downs. In California , the legislature recently restored $11.5 million to the Performing Arts Equitable … » Read
 
 

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