Monday, 5 February 2018

Austin Opera fires artistic director for alleged harassment

Austin Opera says it has fired its principal conductor and artistic director, Richard Buckley, for inappropriate behavior that violated the company’s policy on harassment.

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Friday, 2 February 2018

Veteran opera director fired for 'inappropriate behaviour'

In the latest jolt to the classical musical world, New York's Metropolitan Opera has fired the veteran British stage director John Copley after receiving a complaint about what the company described as "inappropriate behaviour in the rehearsal room".

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Thursday, 1 February 2018

A tale of two cellists: Meet Laura van der Heijden and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

What are the chances? You wait years for debut albums by cello-playing former winners of the BBC Young Musician, then two come along at once.

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Robert Rattray: classical music has lost a man of verve, brilliance and generosity

The agent, manager and assistant general manager at New York’s Metropolitan Opera died suddenly this week. Tenor Ian Bostridge pays tribute to a dear friend

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Poland to post Chopin collection online

Fryderyk Chopin Institute (NIFC) on Tuesday said it would make its entire collection devoted to the 19th-century composer available online for free by 2020.

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'90% of players in West End orchestras are men' – Musicians' Union

Just one in nine players in West End orchestra pits are women, according to figures from the Musicians' Union. The statistics have prompted calls for diversity pledges in the theatre industry to extend to its orchestra pits.

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Funeral of Signor Verdi - archive, 1901 - The Guardian

The funeral of Signor Verdi this morning was most grand and imposing, notwithstanding the private and simple character given to the ceremony in accordance with the wishes of the Maestro himself.

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