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Delos Goes Outhere

December 4, 2023 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Outhere Music is acquiring Delos, the 50-year-old California-based recording label founded by Amelia Haygood and led for many years by pianist Carol Rosenberger, the first artist Haygood recorded. Delos, a pioneer in digital recording, has … » Read
 

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Auschwitz Archives Reveal More Musical Treasures for Revival

December 4, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
In 2015, the British composer and conductor Leo Geyer was commissioned to write a piece honoring the historian and Holocaust expert Martin Gilbert [pictured]. While visiting the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau to get a “sense of the … » Read
 

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Historic U.K. Venue Reopens, Perhaps at Too High a Cost

December 1, 2023 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Five years ago Colston Hall, a concert venue in the center of Bristol that dated from 1867, was in desperate condition. “We had a building that was about to fall down," Louis Mitchell, chief executive of the Bristol Music Trust, tells the … » Read
 

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Met's Opening Night of Tannhäuser Interrupted by Activists

December 1, 2023 | George Loomis, Musical America
The Metropolitan Opera’s season premiere of Wagner’s Tannhäuser was disrupted last night (Nov 30) when a number of environmental protesters (identified as Extinction Rebellion NYC) began yelling remarks from the upper regions of … » Read
 

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City Ballet and Musicians Reach Accord

November 30, 2023 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Following several months of sometimes fractious negotiations , the New York City Ballet and its 63-member orchestra have reached a three-year agreement. Subject to approval by members of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, the new … » Read
 

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Opus 3 Adds to Its Vocal Roster in an 'Integration' with Indie Firm

November 29, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Opus 3 Artists, purchased by the San Francisco of Music (SFCM) three years ago, will widen its roster of vocal artists by incorporating the 40 singers and two conductors on the roster of Magnum Opus Artists (MOA), a New Jersey-based firm … » Read
 

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Orchestra Seeks to Sever Ties with Its Overseer

November 28, 2023 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
After more than two decades, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) is trying to sever its relationship with Bardavon, the downtown Poughkeepsie opera house. When the orchestra, which is fully professional, encountered financial difficulties in the … » Read
 

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Bayreuth Festival Plans to Cut Its Chorus by 40 Percent

November 28, 2023 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
In 2024 the Bayreuth Festival plans to reduce the size of its choir by 40 percent—from 134 to 80 members. The reason, according to the German Music Council, is the need “to make extensive savings in order to compensate for increased … » Read
 

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Unveiling the Comedy in Comic Opera

November 28, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
It is an article of faith in the theater world that comedy is harder to effect that drama. Witness the attention to detail undergirding the Boston Early Music Festival’s (BEMF) production of John Frederick Lampe’s 1737 burlesque opera … » Read
 

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Opera Colorado Is Soon to Be an AGMA Company

November 27, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
By an overwhelming vote of 91 to 8, the artistic workers at Opera Colorado approved the creation of a collective bargaining unit under the auspices of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). The vote in Denver is the first in several … » Read
 
 

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