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Washington Performing Arts to Skip KenCen

May 23, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
In 2025-26, noted presenter Washington Performing Arts (WPA) will avoid Kennedy Center, one of its longtime venues for classical music and other performances. WPA instead will spread its 60 th - anniversary offerings across a range of area halls, … » Read
 

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The Met as Coproducer

May 22, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Metropolitan Opera increasingly relies on co-productions as a means to cut costs and, in most cases, give new stagings an “out of town tryout” before coming to the Met. The current season’s John Adams’s Antony and … » Read
 

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VA Opera Strives to Raise Cancelled NEA Grant

May 22, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
When the National Endowment of the Arts withdrew a $25,000 grant awarded to support the Virginia Opera’s world premiere of Loving v. Virginia , by composer Damien Geter and librettist Jessica Murphy Moo, a chorus member in the production, … » Read
 

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Trump Targets Philanthropy

May 22, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Once upon a time, Republicans embraced private giving as a way to replace government assistance. In 1988, George H. W. Bush put forth the idea of “a thousand points of light” in his acceptance speech as the Republican nominee for … » Read
 

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Mahler Eminences Gather in Amsterdam

May 21, 2025 | Ronald Blum, Associated Press
AMSTERDAM (AP) — When Klaus Mäkelä climbed the Concertgebouw podium and turned to the audience at the orchestra’s third Gustav Mahler Festival in 105 years, the conductor could see the writing on the wall. Facing him was … » Read
 

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Lincoln Center to Open Up Its Western Façade

May 21, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Lincoln Center is planning a $335 million makeover of its west edge, which for six decades has presented a fortress-like wall to its Amsterdam Avenue neighbors, including the Amsterdam Houses, a 1947 public housing project; LaGuardia High School; … » Read
 

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As the NEA/H Go, So Goes Our Civil Society

May 21, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
This year marks the 60 th and, if the Trump administration has its way, the last anniversaries of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities (NEA and NEH). The two agencies, along with the Institute for Museum and Library Services … » Read
 

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Law & Disorder: Contract Cancellations Under the Current Regime

May 21, 2025 | Brian Goldstein, GG Arts Law
  Inside This Issue: Are Acts of Trump Now Acts of God? Copyright Clusters Do Non-US Artists Need To Register as Foreign Spies? The US Puts the Crosshairs on ESTA Entries and Students Interview Waivers are Discontinued Dear Readers… … » Read
 

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Big Operating Deficits for Australian Opera, Ballet

May 20, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Two of Australia’s biggest presenters—Opera Australia and the Australia Ballet—finished their most recent fiscal years with operating deficits that together equal almost AU$20 million. The opera company posted a AU$10 million … » Read
 
 

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