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Time Out London Kills Classical Music?

Time Out London is reportedly to ditch all classical music coverage. It's a decision sure to provoke outrage in music circles.
Financial Results, Good in Detroit and Cleveland, Less Rosy for Minnesota and Milwaukee

Ever noticed how things go in seasons? Awards season, concerts announcement season, and right now it's financial results season (as well as end-of-year review season and nearly next-year-preview season).
Minnesota Musicians to Go It Alone, as Legislators Call for Corporate Heads' Heads

The Minnesota press are reporting that the much-beleagured players of the stricken Minnesota Orchestra will defy the fates--and the ongoing nasty industrial dispute--and play a starry 10-concert season. Meanwhile, local legislators demand resignations amongst the orchestra's...
Minnesota Orchestra Year End Financial Results: Lots of Positives, Insist Board

Financial results at the troubled Minnesota Orchestra are much stronger than might have been expected, say upbeat board. Hits, yes, but lots of relatively good news on which to build.
56th Annual Classical GRAMMY Nominations Announced (as Quixotic as Ever!)

The Grammy nominations are out, and as often happens, the list is rather rife with surprises, with what might have seemed more central fare often edged out (with telling exceptions such as Simon Rattle's 'Rite of Spring'). Relatively small labels like 2L and ArtistShare have...
Cast Announced for 'Miss Saigon' 25th Anniversary Production at London's Prince Edward Theatre

We always knew it would happen. The famous helicopter in the musical (actually, it's a through-sung rock opera, but let's not quibble) 'Miss Saigon' is set to land again in London--along with the rest of the show, in a new production. The occasion is the 25th anniversary...
Alice Herz-Sommer, World's Oldest Pianist (and Holocaust Survivor), Turns 110

This Chanukah, the world’s oldest pianist is celebrating her 110th birthday. Alice Herz-Sommer, these days resident in London, survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp to enjoy a distinguished career.
Angelo Campori, Italian Opera Favorite, Dies at 79

He recorded with Scotto and Maria Chiara and has been hailed by Fabio Luisi as "one of the last Italian opera conductors who understood what opera means."
Bloomberg Arts Division, Muse, is Finally Shuttered

Arts journalism takes a heavy blow with Bloomberg's announcement that it will close its arts brand.
Dame Felicity Lott Closes a Chapter at Wigmore Hall

Dame Felicity Lott, one of the great sopranos of our time, is about to bow out as a solo recitalist. Her performance at Wigmore Hall tomorrow, always a favorite venue for her, will be her farewell...
Fantasia Barrino, k.d. lang Star in Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis' 'After Midnight' on Broadway

After Midnight, a Broadway musical featuring original arrangements by jazz great Duke Ellington, melds classic songs from the 1920s and '30s with dance to recreate Harlem's Golden Age and the legendary Cotton Club...
Franz Liszt Academy of Music Finally Reopen in Budapest

The Liszt Academy music school founded by Franz Liszt, the first piano superstar, recently reopened its main concert hall--refurbished under an ambitious plan to give the 138-year-old institution, and its music study program, a new lease on life...
REVIEW: Singers and Dancers Make Verdi's 'Sicilian Vespers' a Grand Debut at Royal Opera House

It took 158 years to get here, but Les Vêpres Siciliennes, one of the grandest of Verdi's operas, made its Royal Opera debut in London with a production that proved an ideal platform for soloists, ballerinas and choruses.
Classicalite's Five Worst: Pub Shots

Here at Classicalite, we get deluged by publicity photos every day. Some are wonderful, most are average. And a small percentage are truly bizarre, in bad taste or downright silly...
And La Scala's New, Post-Barenboim Conductor is…Riccardo Chailly!

If the mounties are known for always getting their man, the same is often decidedly untrue in the murky world of opera house politics. But at La Scala, Italy's premiere house, they have pulled one heck of a triumph out of the hat and...
REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's 'The Commitments' Musical is All Jukebox, No Politics

Marvin Gaye and "Mustang Sally?" Check. Celtic Tiger...not so much. Novelist Roddy Doyle's The Commitments, about young people starting up a soul band in the harsh times of 1980s Ireland, has made it to the stage as a jukebox musical--filled with tunes and Irish charm, but shorn of most plot and political overtones.
Hoang Pham, Son of Vietnamese Refugees, Wins 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year

Some stories in the arts are heartwarmers, first and foremost, pure and simple. That can certainly be said of the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, a title bestowed at Melbourne Town Hall. Because this year it went
James MacMillan, Nicola Benedetti Launch Cumnock Tryst Festival in Scotland

Another artist-led music festival has been announced, this one run by a composer and located in his native Scotland. And the composer is Scotland's finest, James MacMillan. Not only that, but Scotland's best known violin export, Nicola...
Hungarian Conductor Iván Fischer's First Opera, 'The Red Heifer,' Tackles the Tiszaeszlár Affiar

"I have been thinking incessantly about composing this opera for 25 years now. The Tiszaeszlár Affair becoming a present day hot political issue finally helped me." -- Iván Fischer
French Director Patrice Chéreau, Revered for Wagner's 'Ring,' Dead at 68

French opera, theater and film director Patrice Chéreau has died of lung cancer, aged 68. One of the most revered, one might even say iconic directors of his era, Chéreau may have finally been defeated by Napoleon--as in his doomed...
Osmo Vänskä’s Emotional Farewell Speech to His Minnesota Orchestra

A recording has emerged of one of the most devastating speeches from a concert hall--Osmo Vänskä's farewell to the Minnesota Orchestra, ravaged by industrial dispute.
Lang Lang, Hans Zimmer, Pavarotti Win Big at Classic Brit Awards 2013 [FULL LIST]

They might have been on strike at Carnegie Hall, but across the pond in Blightly, the Classic Brit Awards still steamrolled ahead. A massive production--filmed for mainstream, primetime TV (the ITV1 channel)--it was a cast of...
Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Musical, 'Stephen Ward,' Seeks Redemption for Profumo Affair Scapegoat

Stephen Ward was something of a playboy, enjoying the company of attractive young women, the rich and powerful and the lifestyle that went along with this...
London’s Jewish Cultural Centre, JW3, Opens Its Doors

A new cultural center in London has opened its doors, and it's something new for the British capitol--a Jewish cultural center, commonly known in the U.S. (where they are far from rare) as a JCC. This has been several years in the planning and the building and the staffing, and was the brainchild of long-time arts patron Vivien Duffield.
Julia Fischer, Piano Prodigy Now Violin Virtuoso, Not Concerned with "Perfection"

"What I want is to play the very best that night, I don't want the performance to be perfect. That's a strange word for music anyway." -- Julia Fischer
Gramophone-Winning Violinist Barnabás Kelemen Proud of Gypsy Heritage

"I can play in the gypsy style, and I love it." -- Barnabás Kelemen Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen has studied with the late virtuoso Isaac Stern and won Gramophone magazine's award for best chamber music CD of 2013, but what he is really proud of is his Roma heritage.
Plácido Domingo Named Praemium Imperiale, with 15 Million Yen, by the Japan Art Association

Awarded in fields of achievement not covered by the Nobel Prizes, the Praemium Imperiale is given in memory of Prince Takamatsu (1905–87), younger brother of Emperor Shōwa who reigned from 1926 through 1989.
Steven Isserlis Swaps Cello for Editor’s Visor at The Strad

The great cellist assumes the guest editorship of The Strad's October 2013 edition. The leading cellist Steven Isserlis has been honing his literary credentials for some time.
Classic Brit Awards 2013 to Honor Luciano Pavarotti for Lifetime Achievement

While quite how excited an artist can get about an award after their demise is debatable (at best), perhaps depending on one's religious views, the U.K.'s Classic Brits have announced that they will bestow a posthumous award on Luciano...
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden’s 2013-14 Cinema Season Gets Underway

Tenor of the moment Jonas Kaufmann and a new full-length Shakespeare ballet by Christopher Wheeldon are among highlights of the new cinema season from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. And it's a medium that seems to have found its...