Five Quickies: Les Misérables with Lawyers, Donald Rosenberg on Modern American Symphonies, Britten's Lost 'Sylphides,' Charlie Parker's Birthday, Snapchat Opera

News gets made fresh everyday.

And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in July.

So, in an effort to keep all you Classicalites abreast of each and every situation, we'll be trawling the web for the best headlines--those stories, those people making the biggest waves.

Here, then, is today's news:

Present-Day Take On Les Misérables from Rob Thomas Lands at Fox With Penalty [Deadline]

Finding Nature, Rage and Humor in Modern American Symphonies [NPR Music]

Mystery of the Missing Music: Benjamin Britten's Lost Score for Les Sylphides [New York Times]

Happy Birthday Charlie Parker [Dangerous Minds]

Snapchat, the Opera [HTML Giant]

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