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New Figaro at Glyndebourne:
Familiarity Breeds Content

LONDON— Le nozze di Figaro was the beginning of it all for Glyndebourne, opening the very first season on May 28, 1934, in a theater holding 300. On the same date 60 years later, the work was chosen to launch the new opera house. There have … »
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That Other Chicago Orchestra Offers a Distinguished Shostakovich 10

CHICAGO—The annual Grant Park Music Festival, 10 weeks of free symphony concerts outdoors in downtown Chicago, has been one of the city’s most popular music offerings since the mid-1930s. There’s no counting how many adult music … »
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AMOC Invades Lincoln Center

In Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Ariadne auf Naxos , an opera seria ensemble and a commedia dell’arte troupe are ordered to perform “gleichzeitig”—simultaneously. In fact, Ariadne ’s opera-within-an-opera achieves … »
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With Rodelinda, Garsington Confirms Its Country-House Cred

LONDON—Nestled among the Chiltern Hills, Garsington is one of the most picturesque venues on the English country-house-opera circuit. Founded in 1989, the company relocated in 2011 to Wormsley Park at the invite of Mark Getty, younger son … »
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Rigoletto Among the Chaos

LOS ANGELES—Arriving for the third performance of LA Opera’s current run of Verdi’s Rigoletto on June 12 felt like entering an updated authoritarian Mantua in the twilight zone. The streets were almost deserted, as an 8 p.m. … »
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Catapult Opera Unearths a 17th-century John the Baptist Oratorio

Italian Baroque composer Alessandro Stradella is known to many a young voice student for a single song, “Pietà, Signore,” included in a classic G. Schirmer anthology 24 Italian Songs and Arias . Some musicians may recognize him … »
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Claire Chase at Ojai 2025, Part II

Claire Chase’s Density 2036 selections, [ covered in Part I ], were tied into the sprawling overall themes of Ojai Festival 2025: music in everyday places; the intermingling of music and environment; the processes of ritual over vast … »
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Salonen's Powerful Farewell

SAN FRANCISCO—“You have a great orchestra—take good care of it,” Esa-Pekka Salonen exhorted the capacity crowd at Davies Symphony Hall on June 14, following a 15-minute wave of jubilant applause and earsplitting cheers. … »
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Claire Chase at Ojai 2025, Part I

OJAI, CA – The Ojai Music Festival lately has been swinging from one extreme to another as its music-directors-du-jour pass through the revolving door. The eclectic world-folk-based Rhiannon Giddens festival of 2023 gave way to the … »
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A Canadian Orchestra in Suntory Hall

Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, kicking off the second leg of a Korea-Japan tour, greeted Tokyo with a novelty and two warhorses. The June 3 Suntory Hall concert, conducted by NACO Music Director Alexander Shelley, opened … »
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