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Lin-Manuel Miranda launches R.I.S.E. Network to improve diversity on Broadway

A 2021 report on diversity in Broadway teams showed that 100% of general managers and 94% of the producers were white. White actors were cast in 80% of the lead roles in musicals and 90% of the lead roles in plays.

Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019

Philadelphia Orchestra to tour China to celebrate diplomacy

Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019

Dutoit to conduct French orchestra after sexual abuse claims

Riccardo Muti conducts Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 9/28/07,

Keegan MorrisJanuary 29, 2019

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces ’19-20 Season

Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Music of Chopin?

Angelica LasalaSeptember 1, 2020

Frédéric Chopin is one of the most beloved classical composers today. But how well do YOU know the music of Chopin?

Mozart meets COVID-19: Finnish opera adapts classic piece

Associated PressAugust 28, 2020

“Covid fan tutte” is a satirical take on Mozart’s classic opera “Cosi fan tutte,” with an adapted contemporary story line that reflects the Nordic country’s coronavirus outbreak.

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WFMT Welcomes George Preston as Vice President and General Manager

WFMTJanuary 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 ...