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NY Philharmonic restores salaries to pre-pandemic levels

The orchestra canceled its 2020-21 season due to the pandemic and split this season largely between Alice Tully Hall and Rose Theater.

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 14, 2016

How Choreographer Martha Graham Named Aaron Copland’s American Classic, “Appalachian Spring”

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 13, 2016

Playlist: Classical Music to Enjoy During the Supermoon

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 11, 2016

VIDEO: “A Shot of Malört” Is the Song Every Chicagoan Needs to Hear

A globetrotting new PBS series uses classical music to explore countries, cultures

WFMTSeptember 13, 2019

“The goal of the show is very simple,” says the host of Now Hear This, violinist and conductor Scott Yoo. “To make sure that people try out classical music and give it a chance... If you want to get the most out of life, part of it is getting the most out of music.”

Can video games bring new, younger audiences into classical music?

Greg BroderickSeptember 13, 2019

Video games don’t always conjure up images of a concert hall. Surveys show that 90% percent of teens play video games on a computer, game console, or phone. The numbers aren’t quite as high when you ask teens if they like classical music — a separate survey shows that classical music is the preferred genre of just about 4% of ...

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Baroque Opera Discovered in Bolivian Jungles Has Midwest Premiere

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 4, 2016

When exploring the jungles of South America, perhaps one of the last things you would expect to find are centuries old scores by European composers like Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Bassani, and Hasse. But that’s exactly what Father Piotr Nawrot encountered in Jesuit Missions located in modern-day Bolivia, along with the score to an opera, San Ignacio, which receives its Midwestern premiere ...

Powder sprinkled into opera pit may have been human ashes

Associated PressOctober 31, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York’s Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover’s ashes, police said Saturday. The freakish incident during an afternoon performance of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” forced Met officials to cancel the rest of the show as well as an evening performance of a second opera. ...

Second City and Lyric Look for the Lighter Side of Wagner with “LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER!”

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 28, 2016

The latest collaboration between Lyric Opera of Chicago and Second City is LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER!, which runs through Sunday, October 30 at the Civic Opera House. Actor Tim Ryder, who appeared in The Second City Guide to the Opera (also in collaboration with Lyric), said: “This show tells two stories in parallel: the story of Richard Wagner as he creates the Ring ...

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