Miscellany
A video of one of Leonard Bernstein’s last rehearsals has recently surfaced. …
The Minnesota Orchestra will be the first major American orchestra to visit South Africa. …
The Houston Symphony has named a new CEO, someone from Orange County. …
A hologram of Maria Callas makes its concert debut and The New York Times is there to see it (her?). …
Mozart beat Beethoven as the most performed classical composer in 2017; Arvo Pärt was the most performed living composer. …
Wow, is Steven Spielberg really going to remake “West Side Story”? …
In New Orleans, they’re reviving a 19th century opera on tabasco, written by an important American composer. …
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon has written a new work for the Chicago Symphony, a Low Brass Concerto that’ll take full advantage of the orchestra’s famed section. …
Will any productions play in Southern California?
Are you talking about the Maria Callas concert? I don’t know that any Callas events have been scheduled anywhere yet, but I’m pretty sure it’ll come through So Cal.