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University of Kent Axes Music in Sweeping Cutbacks
The University of Kent—a vast, multi-campus, 20-college research university headquartered in Canterbury, U.K. with a student enrollment of 12,000 full-time, 6,200 part-time, and 600 academic and research staff—has decided to … »
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Muti Commemorates WWII Massacre with W. Schuman's Ninth
ROME (AP) — Italy on Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of one of the most horrific World War II massacres in German-occupied Italy with solemn commemorations and a performance of a symphony honoring the dead. Riccardo Muti was conducting … »
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Can Flexibility Revive the Subscription Model?
Subscription sales by performing arts organizations had been on the skids for years before the pandemic acted as an accelerant. They are no longer a major revenue source. Gone are the days when arts groups could rely on subscriptions to … »
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Toronto's Classical Music Scene Is Shifting
Toronto’s classical music world is in the midst of a generational shift. Peter Simon, president of the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) since 1991, will step aside at the end of August 2024 , and is already working with his successor, … »
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Wayne Shorter's Symphonic Rep Featured on BSO Concerts
Wayne Shorter, the legendary composer and jazz saxophonist, completed his last composition—the opera ...(Iphigenia) —in 2021, reliant on a team of artists who worked with him to see the work through to its premiere in California in … »
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Stage Elevator Jams; Met Mounts Turandot sans Glitter
Franco Zeffirelli's 1987 staging of Turandot is the Metropolitan Opera’s most lavish production, with an imperial throne, glittery costumes, and 199 people onstage at one time. Last night, however, it was reduced to minimum proportions, … »
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Detroit Opera to Offer AI Edition of Così fan tutte, Among Other Treats
Four operas and six dance programs will comprise the Detroit Opera’s 2024-25 season. The former include Verdi’s La Traviata , Handel’s Rinaldo , Mozart’s Così fan tutte , and Anthony Davis’s The Central Park … »
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Sun Valley's Chilly Chamber Music Festival
KETCHUM, Idaho—In the 1930s, an ingenious combination of marketing and new technology (the design of modern chairlifts) transformed this former mining town and sheep-farming center into the country’s first destination ski … »
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NY Phil Moves Up the Downbeat, Lays Out 2024-25
In unveiling the 2024-25 season, the New York Philharmonic continues to herald the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel as its next music director, even though his tenure doesn’t begin until the fall of 2026. Next season has him on the podium for … »
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New Report Slams Opera, Excellence, and Music Critics
The stench emanating from Arts Council England’s decision in November 2022 to dramatically cut funding for the nation’s leading opera companies refuses to dissipate, due in no small part to the agency’s continuing assault … »
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