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MA's Free Guide to Free Streams, 5/18-5/24

May 18, 2020 | Clive Paget, Musical America
We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read
 

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Rossini Opera Festival Will Go Ahead

May 18, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The pandemic notwithstanding, the 41 st edition of the Rossini Opera Festival [ROF]will proceed August 8 to 20 in Pesaro, Italy. “We have never given up” says the ROF’s President Daniele Vimini, “and in these past weeks … » Read
 

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Met Opera's Tax Return: The Latest Numbers Tell a Story

May 17, 2020 | Ronald Blum
NEW YORK (AP) — Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s earned $392,152 during his first portion of his first season as the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, about a quarter of what James Levine earned in his last full season as … » Read
 

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Tippet Rise Cancels

May 15, 2020
Tippet Rise’s fifth season, scheduled for July 10 - August 29, 2020, has been cancelled. The 12,000-acre ranch in Montana’s Beartooth Mountains was to host recitals and chamber music events in its Olivier Music Barn and outdoor Tiara … » Read
 

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Riccardo Muti Misses His CSO Players

May 15, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
“I am confident that in September we can start again.” So says Riccardo Muti of concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Management should start planning for it now, he continues; if things are not back to normal, split the … » Read
 

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DSO Musicians to Work with Interlochen Students This Summer

May 15, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), which has enjoyed a productive working relationship with the Interlochen Center for the Arts since 1926, will take a key role in working with students as part of Interlochen Online’s Arts Camp this … » Read
 

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Austrian Orchestras Lay Out a Plan for Getting Back to Work

May 15, 2020 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Leaders of eight Austrian orchestras have made their case for resuming orchestral performances in a letter to Austrian Culture Secretary Ulrike Lunacek. Classical concerts are important, they argue, both for economic reasons and for the proven … » Read
 

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Tanglewood Announces the Inevitable

May 15, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has finally announced its plans for the 2020 Tanglewood Festival, June 19-August. The constrictions of the pandemic have left no choice but to cancel, at an estimated total loss to the BSO, inclusive of cancelled … » Read
 

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If and When Our Halls Reopen, Will People Show Up?

May 14, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
As theaters and concert halls struggle to craft safe ways to resume operations, one of the great unknowns is how potential audiences will respond. Studies from two research firms—Shugoll Research and IMPACTS Research & … » Read
 

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Grand Teton MF Cancels

May 14, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF), one of Wyoming’s premier arts organizations, has cancelled its summer festival. In its place, Festival organizers are planning a three-day intensive in late August of filmed performances—subject … » Read
 
 

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