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Category: News
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Opera director Lindy Hume will be the Festival Director of the Sydney Festival for 2010-2012. ABC News Article | Sydney Festival Official Site
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Dr. Clifford (Kip) Cranna began his 30th year with San Francisco Opera on June 4, 2008. He will receive the San Francisco Opera Medal before the second performance of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor this season, on Friday, June 20. Cranna was named director of music administration for San Francisco Opera at the end of last month, and was…
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Matthew Shilvock has been appointed Assistant General Director of San Francisco Opera. Press Release [PDF] | San Francisco Opera
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Music director Franz Welser-Möst's contract with the Cleveland Orchestra has been extended through the 2017-2018 season. Last year it was announced that Welser-Möst is to take up the position of General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera in 2010. AP Article | Press Release
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Seiji Ozawa has canceled his June performances at the Vienna State Opera due to a back injury. Ozawa was to conduct The Queen of Spades, and will be replaced by Andris Nelsons. AP Article | Official Site
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Summer Season Press Release | SF Opera’s Official Site | Francesca Zambello’s Official Site for this Production | Bloomberg Preview Summer Season Previews: San Francisco Chronicle | Sentinel | Examiner Interviews of Former Adler Fellow Mark Delavan (Wotan): KQED’s The Do List [MP3] | San Francisco Chronicle | San Jose Mercury News | Contra Costa Times Events: Opera Insight Panel Discussion (June 2, 2008) | Gold Rush…
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The Berlin Philharmonic is to play in Flughafen Tempelhof tonight. Sir Simon Rattle conducts Berlioz’s La Mort de Cléopâtre and Symphonie fantastique, with Susan Graham as the soloist for the former. The damage to the Philharmonic’s building last week was not as bad as feared, and the Grosser Saal was not harmed. AP Article | AFP Article
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Am Dienstag den 20. Mai um 13:57 brach oberhalb des großen Saals der Berliner Philharmonie ein Feuer aus. Die Lösch- und Sicherungsarbeiten werden aller Voraussicht nach Mittwoch früh abgeschlossen sein. Das Ausmaß des Schadens ist zur Zeit nicht abschätzbar. Bis auf Weiteres bleibt die Philharmonie geschlossen. Der Betrieb im Kammermusiksaal ist nicht betroffen. Auswirkungen auf…
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Beth Sinclair has been appointed Director of Human Resources at San Francisco Opera. Press Release[PDF] | San Francisco Opera
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Perhaps if one still has some good-will toward Seattle Opera because of their latest offering, and would like to purchase tickets to Aida and Elektra, their online pre-sale starts today at 9am. The title role of Aida is being shared by Lisa Daltirus and Ana Lucrecia García (instead of Andrea Gruber), though I imagine the…
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