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Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival Cancels

May 6, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
With Chicago having reached a milestone of 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus, and the city still in lockdown, it’s hardly surprising to hear that the Grant Park Festival, set to run June 10 to August 15, has been cancelled. This marks its … » Read
 

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MA's Free Guide to Free Streams, 5/6-5/12

May 6, 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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Gramophone Hosts Online Fund Raiser for UK Musicians

May 6, 2020 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
On Sunday, May 10, Gramophone will host a virtual gala featuring past Gramophone Classical Music Awards winners performing short works from their homes. Viewers will be asked to donate to Help Musicians, a nearly century-old charity that offers … » Read
 

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Glimmerglass Repositions as an Online Educational Event

May 6, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The pandemic has shuttered live performances at the Glimmerglass Festival this summer. A season that would usually include more than 100 events attracting over 35,000 ticket buyers will now exist only online. Ticket buyers may request a refund or … » Read
 

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Met to Furlough 20 Percent of Staff, Shift Others to PT

May 6, 2020 | Associated Press
The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is furloughing 41 administrative employees, nearly 20 percent of its full-time staff, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Met said Tuesday (May 5) that the furloughs are temporary and will … » Read
 

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Marlboro Music Festival Cancelled

May 6, 2020
Marlboro has announced the cancellation of its 70th-anniversary season, scheduled to run July 18 to August 16. Statement from organizers follows:  This decision was especially difficult because this was to be our 70th Anniversary … » Read
 

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Central Park Five Wins 2020 Pulitzer

May 5, 2020 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Music has gone to Anthony Davis for his opera The Central Park Five . The opera, which features a libretto by Richard Wesley, was cited by the Prize committee as “a courageous operatic work, marked by powerful … » Read
 

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Glyndebourne Cancels Entire Summer Season

May 5, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Glyndebourne has cancelled its Festival 2020 in its entirety, having already postponed its opening by nearly two months; last March it announced it would be opening July 14 rather than the original May 21, but it is not to be. Cancelled in the … » Read
 

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Paris Opera Director: Reopening in 2020 Is "Just Not Workable"

May 5, 2020 | Agence France-Presse
Paris Opera is looking at losses of 40 million euros ($43 million) this year, Director Stéphane Lissner warned on French public radio today, and may not reopen until 2021. The company was already under siege by Paris’s … » Read
 

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Boston Symphony Pays Tribute to Today's Frontline 'Heroes'

May 5, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The Boston Pops has cleverly repurposed John Williams’s score for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Summon the Heroes , as a tribute to today’s heroes—the medical personnel, police, grocery and transportation workers, and first … » Read
 
 

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