music
Mozart, propagandist, in new rendering of old classic
November 27, 2013The current version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute at Los Angeles Opera raises two essential artistic questions (plus, perhaps, eyebrows).
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Skagos’ “Anarchic” disregards the “laws” of its genre
October 7, 2013Composed of two musical pieces, each over 30 minutes in length, the release offers a poetic perspective on the current state of the natural world.
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Locked-out musicians “devastated” by director’s resignation
October 4, 2013MINNEAPOLIS (PAI) -- Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra, locked out of their jobs for the past year, were devastated by the Oct. 1 resignation of its music director, Osmo Vänskä, who quit when management refused to...
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New York City Opera files for bankruptcy
October 4, 2013With the Oct. 3 announcement that New York City Opera is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the city and the entire country are losing a major cultural institution.
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Today in labor history: Wreck of the Old 97
September 26, 2013The derailment left 11 of the eighteen on board dead and the remaining seven injured. Among the dead were engineer Broady, the conductor, and the flagman.
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