Mr. Jordan, the respected Swiss conductor, will take one of the most prestigious — but historically most tumultuous — podiums in the opera world. Read entire story.
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Mr. Jordan, the respected Swiss conductor, will take one of the most prestigious — but historically most tumultuous — podiums in the opera world. Read entire story.
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Various venues, LondonLondon’s two fringe opera festivals saw composers engage with contemporary concerns, both high and low As any Edinburgh fringe regular will tell you, the exuberance of festivals devoted to new work is infectious. Plucky troupes fearlessly chuck work at the wall, often simply for chuck’s sake. The bravery … Read entire story.
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The Glimmerglass Festival performed excerpts from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” for inmates and guards at one of New York’s most notorious prisons. Read entire story.
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The Glimmerglass Festival performed excerpts from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” for inmates and guards at one of New York’s most notorious destinations. Read entire story.
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Barrie Kosky banned Wagner from his opera house. Now he’s confronting his most nationalistic work — as the first Jewish director in the Bayreuth Festival’s 141-year history. Read entire story.
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