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Met Opera season had no COVID cancellations but sales down

The Metropolitan Opera sold 56% of ticket dollar capacity this season as it returned from a 1 1/2-year absence.

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Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 19, 2017

10 US Presidents Who Changed Music in America, According to White House Historical Society Director Emerita
Associated PressJanuary 17, 2017

Bieito’s manager: Met decision ‘cruel and disappointing’
Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 17, 2017

Lyric, Joffrey Announce First Collaboration with 17/18 Season Opener

Chicago Latino Music Festival Celebrates Its 14th Year
Daniel GoldbergOctober 2, 2019
The festival's artistic director Elbio Barilari, who also hosts WFMT’s Fiesta, remarked of the festival that "just the idea that a Latin American classical music festival exists in the US and has already been going on for 14 years is very exciting!”

Video: Pianist Hélène Tysman Plays Debussy, Bach, Chopin, Ravel
Keegan MorrisOctober 2, 2019
On an overcast, early fall day, pianist Hélène Tysman shared a sensitive, illuminating performance of piano works by Bach, Debussy, Chopin, and Ravel for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast. Watch the full program here!

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Hamburg’s spectacular Elbphilharmonie opens for 1st concert
Associated PressJanuary 12, 2017
The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester is playing music from the renaissance to the present, including works by Beethoven and Wagner and a new piece by German composer Wolfgang Rihm.

“High Priestess” or “Master of an Art of Singing”? Changing the Conversation about Mahalia Jackson
Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 11, 2017
Mahalia Jackson is undoubtedly one of the most influential singers of the 20th century. Learn about how musicians and music historians are changing the conversation about the "Queen of Gospel."

This Video of Bernstein Scolding Two Percussionists Proves Playing Triangle is Harder Than You Think
Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 6, 2017
Playing percussion is a lot harder than you might think. Unlike say, a violinist, who is responsible for playing one instrument, a percussionist must play dozens, if not hundreds, of different instruments.
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