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Wolftrap Brings Renée Fleming on Board

February 12, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has announced its 2025 classical season of three fully-staged opera productions as well as concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra. Adding luster is the news that soprano Renée Fleming … » Read
 

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Court Throws Out Daniels' Lawsuit vs. UMich

February 11, 2025 | Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an acclaimed  opera singer who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct . David Daniels waited too long to sue the university, … » Read
 

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Seattle Opera's 2025-26 Season

February 11, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Seattle Opera’s 62 nd season, the first fully planned by new General and Artistic Director James Robinson [pictured], will include four mainstage productions—three company premieres and one chestnut. The season launches on Oct. 18 … » Read
 

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A Somewhat Collaborative Double Bill at RB&O

February 11, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON—With the country’s premiere opera company officially changing its name to the Royal Ballet and Opera, a cross-artform collaboration seems apposite. This double bill, dubbed Phaedra + Minotaur and seen February 7 in their … » Read
 

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Spoleto Fest USA Unveils Round 49

February 11, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Among the 120 performances of the 49th Spoleto Festival USA, May 23 to June 8, are the final two recitals of Alisa Weilerstein’s Fragments , a series of six solo performances that pair newly commissioned works with Bach’s cello … » Read
 

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Cinci Symphony's First Season Under New Leader

February 11, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
In his first season as the new music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Cristian Macelaru will be on the Music Hall podium for seven programs. His official debut, on Oct, 3 and 4, will feature Gershwin’s Concerto in F, … » Read
 

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18 Kennedy Center Trustees Fired; New Exec Director Installed

February 10, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Trump is wasting no time in taking over the Kennedy Center, as threatened . In addition to firing Chairman David M. Rubenstein, who has given $111 million to the Center over time, and installing himself in his place, Trump has removed 18 from the … » Read
 

Reviews

Heartbeat's Salome Traffics in Obfuscation (and Clarinets)

February 10, 2025 | Fred Cohn, Musical America
At the curtain call for Heartbeat Opera’s February 6 Salome , Executive Director Christian De Gré Cardénas made a pitch for donations while assuring that the company continued to be in good financial health. In the context of … » Read
 

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Pappano & LSO Test Drive Their U.S. Tour Rep

February 10, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON—Antonio Pappano has focused his opening season as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra on British music, but this February 6 concert at the Barbican Centre paid equal homage to works from across the Atlantic, an apt … » Read
 

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Three Chamber Groups in Transition

February 10, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The Twiolins , the German violin duo that for 15 years comprised siblings Marie-Luise and Christoph Dingler, has announced that Belarusian violinist Marta Danilkovich [right] will succeed Christoph, who is stepping aside to reduce his travel and … » Read
 
 

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