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    A testy Riccardo Muti halts the Chicago Symphony when an audience member coughs. … Miami is the largest city in the country without its own full-time professional orchestra. Now there’s a call for one. … A music critic takes a

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    Tim Page reviews — or ponders — the largest boxed set of CDs ever produced (all conducted by Herbert von Karajan)…. Soprano Nina Stemme is awarded the Birgit Nilsson Prize and lots of money…. Anne Akiko Meyers, who visits Pacific

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    An inside look at James Levine’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera…. The musicians of the Atlanta Symphony have a new contract, negotiated without rancor…. John Williams’ next “Star Wars” film will be his last…. Here’s a fresh idea for a

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    A Donizetti opera — and probably a good one — will finally have its premiere, 180 years late. … The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has named a new music director. … And so has the San Diego Symphony. … What’s

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    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.

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    (Curated classical music news and views from around the internet.) Looking for ways to spend that Amazon gift card? The New York Times has an excellent list of the 25 best classical recordings of 2017. … NPR has a list

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    (Curated classical music news and views from around the internet.) Take a hike with composer John Adams in the Sierras, the setting for his new opera on the Gold Rush, “Girls of the Golden West.”… The artistic director of the venerable

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    (Curated classical music news and views from around the internet.) Classical musicians the world over know IMSLP (the free International Music Score Library); now the founder speaks…. The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition is well underway; performances are about

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    (Curated classical music news and views from around the internet.) A classical music festival in Rhode Island goes horribly wrong…. Kiri Ti Kanawa confirms her retirement from singing…. Another Proms season — the 123rd — is in the books…. Meet

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    (News and views from around the internet.) Legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully narrates Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” at the Hollywood Bowl…. Here’s why orchestras tune to a pitch of A 440 Hz…. Singing in a choir is good for your health,

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