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Mason Bates arrives at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Opera scrapped plans for the world premiere of Bates' “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” this fall because of finances, and the work will instead open with a student cast at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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LA Opera scraps planned world premiere of Mason Bates' 'Kavalier and Clay' adaptation over finances
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Mon,01/29/24-1:47PM , 130 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Opera has scrapped plans for the world premiere of Mason Bates' “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” this fall because of finances.
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This image provided by Salzburg Festival shows Markus Hinterhauser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festval. (Salzburg Festival/Franz Neumayr via AP)

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Salzburg Festival nearly sold out while others in classical music struggle to regain audience
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Fri,08/11/23-12:56PM , 67 Reads
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks. While many classical music institutions struggle to regain audience, the Salzburg Festival is on track to draw people from over 75 nations to opera, concerts and drama.
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The red carpet is fixed in front of the Festspielhaus for the opening of the Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, Tuesday July 25, 2023. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

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Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026
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Tue,07/25/23-7:46AM , 176 Reads
BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — The Bayreuth Festival intends to present "Rienzi" for the first time in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside the canon of Richard Wagner's final 10 operas for the first time.
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Riccardo Muti, musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra waves goodbye to the audience after conducting the orchestra and chorus in Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in D Major, Op. 123, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Chicago. Sunday marked the last performance by Muti, 81, in Orchestra Hall during his 13 year tenure. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors — and Beethoven
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Wed,06/28/23-12:27PM , 167 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — Riccardo Muti was in total control to the very end.
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