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Critics' Body Blows at Glyndebourne Performer Has Opera Singers in Uproar
One story is dominating the Twittersphere for opera fans just now, and that is the outraged reaction by singers to critics' observations of the body shape of a cast-member of Glyndebourne's season-opening production of Strauss' 'Der Rosenkavalier.' -
Gender Studies 101: What Every Maestro Should Learn During the "Women Conductors at Morley" Course in London
Classical music is now asking itself the same sort of questions political parties were forced to ask in the 1980s. Namely, how to combat gender inequality when it comes to conducting? And a U.K. college has initiated a women-only conducting course. -
Olivier-Nominated 'The Full Monty' Musical Closes After One Month at Noel Coward, Writer Simon Beaufoy Petitions Producer David Pugh for More Time
In a shock move, The Full Monty is to end its West End run early and will close. The musical had gotten some good reviews and bagged an Olivier Award nomination, plus the previous musical theater incarnation of the hit film had been a success. The shocked cast and the writer, Simon Beaufoy, have... -
March of the Spanish-Humming Conductors: Dudamel, Heras-Casado, Orozco-Estrada, Mattheuz, Payare, Mena, Kalmar...De Leon de Vega
In the wake of the success of Gustavo Dudamel, or maybe more accurately in the wake of the work of El Sistema scion Jose Antonio Abreu, there has been an explosion in the number of top appointments going to Spanish or Latin American conductors. Whether this matters, whether any kind of... -
Quickies: Lil Boosie Bieber Musical, New Glenn Beck, Esa-Pekka Salonen Wins Nemmers, Anne of Green Gables Beats Record, Robert Ashley Remembered
As SPIN reports, the newly freed rapper Lil Boosie "wrote over a thousand songs, a book, and a musical while in jail," and he'd like very much to collaborate with Justin Bieber on something. -
Quickies: Chopin Prodigy Serena Wang, Montero vs. Dudamel, What Satchmo Thought, Highest Paid Maestros, Bauhaus Triadic Ballet
Get a preview of 'Dances of the Dolls,' the forthcoming CD by 9-year-old Serena Wang, expected later this month--specifically, Chopin's 'Fantasie Impromptu' in F-sharp minor. -
Quickies: 'Terminator' Time Signature, 'Out to Lunch' at 50, Sibelius Off NASDAQ, New Orleans Jazz Market, Musicology Tumblr
“DAH-doonk, dah-doonk, dah-doonk, gonk gonk.” -- Slate's Seth Stevenson -
Quickies: James Rhodes on Classical Sexism, Boulez Gets Cleveland Laurel, Schick on Stockhausen, Global Online Orchestra, Paul Ryan's NEA
"Why is sexism still tolerated in our industry? We need an immediate and total change in attitudes across the board." -- James Rhodes -
Quickies: What is Killing Classical Music?, Carnegie Hall 2014-15, Tapestry Taps Michael Mori, Sounds of Gambling, Music Video Minus One
Will Robin: As the musicologist and pianist Charles Rosen so eloquently put it, “The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.” To place that tradition in context, consider the infographic below. Design credit goes to Andy Doe, a consultant../ -
Quickies: Anna Netrebko's Winter Olympics Bod, Classical is Dead, Classical's NOT Dead, Caroline Shaw Pedals Violin, 'Living Stars' @ Sundance
Ann Netrebko, second only to Val Gergiev as Vlad Putin's favorite court musician, lets her glasnosts fly high above New York City--"L'Elisir d'Flu," indeed. -
Quickies: 'Family Guy' on Bach/Debussy, Oscar Music, New Detroit Symphony Contract, Dance & Capitalism, Notation-Notation-Notation
The funniest classical music joke of all time? The funniest classical music joke of all time. -
Quickies: Edward Sharpe Scores Golden Globe, Dame Nellie's 'Downton Abbey,' Classical Karaoke App?, NYC Winter JazzFest Pix, Ballet Next
Beating both Hans Zimmer and John Williams, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros frontman Alex Ebert (a.k.a Ima Robot) took home the 2014 Golden Globe-Best Original Score for his music behind 'All is Lost.' -
Quickies: 2Pac's 'Holler if Ya Hear Me' on Broadway, Anna Netrebko's Flu, Blue Note Yourself App, Bolshoi to Lincoln Center, Dickie Landry Story
The $8 million production, sanctioned by Shakur's mother Afeni, opens on June 19 at the Palace Theater. -
Quickies: Dead Funny Kenny G, Operavore on Nudists, John Lurie on the Knicks, Selling Broadway to Sports Fans, Dance Dance Resolution
Wherein one Kenneth Gorelick helps Jon Daly score, in oh, so many funny ways. -
Quickies: Beethoven Sells for $200K?, Gramo's Classical & Jazz, 'Lion King' Out Grosses Broadway, Boulezian on Gluck, Cracked Movie Music
An extraordinarily rare sketch leaf manuscript by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven will be auctioned next month by New Hampshire based, RR Auction. More details can be found online at www.rrauction.com.
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