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Hope on the Horizon for New Opera in New York
Many of us waited with bated breath during the recent breakdown of talks between management and the orchestra at NYC Opera. Even though the season is proceeding, the company’s plan to keep themselves afloat (if not artistically viable) seems dubious at best. No music director, draconian cuts for the players and chorus, and no base [...]
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Lights out as New York opera company suspends operations
The suspension is for six months, in the hope that DiCapo can raise more donations. DiCapo describes itself as the only opera company in New York, after the Metropolitan Opera and the City Opera, to present an entire season of oper... Read Post
Cincy Opera’s Evans Mirageas takes on another post
Evans Mirageas, artistic director for Cincinnati Opera, has been named vice president for artistic planning for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Mirageas has served the orchestra since 2006, when he became an artistic advisor, and ha... Read Post
NYC Opera's latest day of reckoning
George Steel, the general manager and artistic director of New York City Opera, announced the company's 2011-12 season this afternoon in a press conference at the Guggenheim Museum. Outside, representatives of the AGMA union, orches... Read Post