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Sad news from the opera world. Richard Angas, one of the leading British basses of his generation has died. Halfway through a rehearsal at English National Opera of Britten'sPeter Grimes, he collapsed and was rushed to hospital, where he passed away.
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Andrew Litton is to return home to a U.S. orchestra as music director for the first time since he left the Dallas Symphony in 2006. The new berth? The Colorado Symphony, where he has been artistic advisor while they decided on a new music director which, as it turned out, was Litton, himself.
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Some musicians can't resist poking fun at the perceived snobbery of their genre.
Ever since Victor Borge decided to tell a few jokes from the keyboard, musicians have been mixing classical music and comedy.
To wit, here are Classicalite's Five Best picks from this most humorous genre.
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Marian McPartland, a British musician who hosted a jazz program on National Public Radio for more than four decades, has died at age 95, NPR said on its website.
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We are barely through Richard Wagner's 200th anniversary, and already, ensembles are gearing up for the sesquicentennial of one of his most famous disciples--Richard Strauss.
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The sweet smell of success?
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music will hope so, as they add a new dimension to a new opera production--the sensation of smell.
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Classicalite's Five Best: 'Carmen' Recordings
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Are These Truly the Worst Classical Album Covers of All Time? [PHOTOS]
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YouTube Pianist Valentina Lisitsa Letting You Choose Program for New York Recital Debut at 92Y, Prizes Also Available
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Nearly a week into his stay at a Madrid hospital, tenor, baritone, conductor and 72-year-old Los Angeles Opera administrator Placido Domingo was discharged on Saturday.
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22-year-old Jeppe Hansen, a Dane studying at Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, claims he was forced to sign a letter last week noting he had voluntarily withdrawn from the corps.
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Locked out for much of their present season, 10 long-suffering musicians from the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra have agreed to accept a retirement package that was being offered to members aged 55 or older.
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Someone once asked me at a classical music awards ceremony--one which specialized in “crossover," that strange category that was, I believe, invented just to give record shops somewhere to put all of those albums ...
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Musicians from the Minnesota Orchestra have been locked out in salary disputes that recently passed the 10-month mark, becoming the longest of any U.S. symphony in decades.
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Reportedly, Chinese prodigy-turned-superstar Lang Lang is to be the subject of a feature film. Called Journey of a Thousand Miles--also the title of Mr. Lang’s best-selling autobiography--the film will be co-produced by Wendi Murdoch, a.k.a. wife (or, possible ex-wife) of Rupert Murdoch.
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British pianist James Rhodes is used to reaching out to new audiences for classical music. His albums on, variously, Warner and Signum, have titles such as Bullets & Lullabies, Now Would All Freudians Please Stand Aside and Razor Blades, Little Pills and Big Pianos.
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Ravi Coltrane was only two when his father died in 1967. So, like most of this generation, he only really knows John William Coltrane through recordings.
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