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Met Opera shares 2022-23 season, Netrebko not in ‘Lohengrin’

Netrebko withdraws from a new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Metropolitan Opera that is among seven new stagings the company announced for its 2022-23 season.

Michael San Gabino | January 31, 2019

Why the Chinese Pipa is One of the Coolest Instruments You’ve Never Heard

Associated Press | January 30, 2019

Opera singer Daniels, husband arrested on sex assault charge

Associated Press | January 30, 2019

Philadelphia Orchestra to tour China to celebrate diplomacy

Video: Some Infectiously Fun and Incredibly Fast Music on a Wurlitzer Organ

Robbie Ellis | April 7, 2020

The organ is a polarizing instrument, but one organist is doing his best to appeal to a wide audience with these infectiously fun, utterly virtuosic, rather tongue-in-cheek, and thoroughly entertaining performances.

6 Hours, 12 Countries, 250 Performers: ‘The Lunar Opera’ Gets the Virtual Treatment

Estlin Usher | April 7, 2020

A marathon 6-hour performance will be held in an unexpected (but increasingly familiar) place: Zoom! The video conferencing platform will provide the proscenium for a performance of Pauline Oliveros’ postmodern masterpiece 'The Lunar Opera.'

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces 2019-2020 Season, With Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Cycle, ‘Don Giovanni’, ‘Madama Butterfly’

Keegan Morris | January 24, 2019

Lyric's 2019-2020 season will include seven mainstage operas (three of which are company premieres), three full performances of Lyric’s new Ring cycle, and the Broadway at Lyric premiere of 42nd Street.

Playlist: WFMT Selects Classical Music to Help You Brave the Winter

Keegan Morris | January 22, 2019

Winter can be grueling, but music can warm and soothe. Here's the music that helps WFMT get through the season.

WFMT Welcomes George Preston as Vice President and General Manager

WFMT | January 22, 2019

WFMT has a new Vice President and General Manager, but it is someone you may recognize! George Preston, who will begin in this position March 1, 2019, returns to WFMT, where he served as the afternoon drive host from 2009 to 2013, and hosted and produced the internationally syndicated Lyric Opera of Chicago broadcasts. Sandra Cordova Micek, CEO of Window ...

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