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By Sara Schabas on July 31, 2023
Maestro Alberto Veronesi conducted the opening night of Italy’s Puccini Festival wearing a blindfold to protest a production of Bohème featuring anti-fascist imagery.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on July 24, 2023
Imagine discovering pieces of Ludwig van Beethoven's skull in your safety deposit box. That's what happened to U.S. businessman Paul Kaufmann, who recently donated those fragments to a Vienna university.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on July 24, 2023
Protestors from the Just Stop Oil organization have made their way from Van Gogh’s Sunflowers to the BBC Proms’ opening night.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on July 24, 2023
A ballot closed on Monday with 89.87% of Royal Opera House (ROH) orchestra members voting in favour of a strike.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on July 17, 2023
Luminate releases 2023 midyear music industry report that outlines the current state of the music industry, includeing some surprising findings.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on July 17, 2023
The exhibit joins worldwide celebrations of Maria Callas, the famed opera star who died in 1977.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on July 17, 2023
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a five-stringed cello made by the Italian luthier,Girolamo Amati (1561-1630), c. 1610.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on July 10, 2023
In an exciting turn of events, a missing music book that once belonged to renowned novelist Jane Austen has been found gathering dust on a distant relative's shelf.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on July 10, 2023
Thanks to Amazon’s recent license deal with Naxos, classical music lovers can now access opera and classical music on Amazon Prime.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on July 10, 2023
Russia’s renowned Tchaikovsky Competition has announced winners from a much smaller competition this year.
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