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Cast Announced for 'Miss Saigon' 25th Anniversary Production at London's Prince Edward Theatre
We always knew it would happen. The famous helicopter in the musical (actually, it's a through-sung rock opera, but let's not quibble) 'Miss Saigon' is set to land again in London--along with the rest of the show, in a new production. The occasion is the 25th anniversary... -
Limelight Magazine in Danger of Closing Down in Australia
Haymarket Media Group is seemingly divesting itself of all its classical music properties. First to go was Classic FM magazine, published under license with the UK's Classic FM radio. Then Gramophone was sold to Mark Allen Publishing. Now comes news from Australia that... -
Alice Herz-Sommer, World's Oldest Pianist (and Holocaust Survivor), Turns 110
This Chanukah, the world’s oldest pianist is celebrating her 110th birthday. Alice Herz-Sommer, these days resident in London, survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp to enjoy a distinguished career. -
Angelo Campori, Italian Opera Favorite, Dies at 79
He recorded with Scotto and Maria Chiara and has been hailed by Fabio Luisi as "one of the last Italian opera conductors who understood what opera means." -
Bloomberg Arts Division, Muse, is Finally Shuttered
Arts journalism takes a heavy blow with Bloomberg's announcement that it will close its arts brand. -
The New Hot Five: What the Cows Are Listening To
We know that elephants like percussive Eastern music (well, at least the ones in the elephant orchestra we featured recently). Now, though they don't appear to play, we can clearly see what cows like... -
Dame Felicity Lott Closes a Chapter at Wigmore Hall
Dame Felicity Lott, one of the great sopranos of our time, is about to bow out as a solo recitalist. Her performance at Wigmore Hall tomorrow, always a favorite venue for her, will be her farewell... -
Fantasia Barrino, k.d. lang Star in Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis' 'After Midnight' on Broadway
After Midnight, a Broadway musical featuring original arrangements by jazz great Duke Ellington, melds classic songs from the 1920s and '30s with dance to recreate Harlem's Golden Age and the legendary Cotton Club... -
Franz Liszt Academy of Music Finally Reopen in Budapest
The Liszt Academy music school founded by Franz Liszt, the first piano superstar, recently reopened its main concert hall--refurbished under an ambitious plan to give the 138-year-old institution, and its music study program, a new lease on life... -
REVIEW: Singers and Dancers Make Verdi's 'Sicilian Vespers' a Grand Debut at Royal Opera House
It took 158 years to get here, but Les Vêpres Siciliennes, one of the grandest of Verdi's operas, made its Royal Opera debut in London with a production that proved an ideal platform for soloists, ballerinas and choruses. -
Classicalite's Five Worst: Pub Shots
Here at Classicalite, we get deluged by publicity photos every day. Some are wonderful, most are average. And a small percentage are truly bizarre, in bad taste or downright silly... -
And the New La Scala Boss is…Riccardo Chailly!
If the mounties are known for always getting their man, the same is often decidedly untrue in the murky world of opera house politics. But at La Scala, Italy's premiere house, they have pulled one heck of a triumph out of the hat and... -
REVIEW: Roddy Doyle's 'The Commitments' Musical is All Jukebox, No Politics
Marvin Gaye and "Mustang Sally?" Check. Celtic Tiger...not so much. -
Hoang Pham, Son of Vietnamese Refugees, Wins Australian Young Performer of the Year
Some stories in the arts are heartwarmers, first and foremost, pure and simple. That can certainly be said of the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, a title bestowed at Melbourne Town Hall. Because this year it went -
James MacMillan, Nicola Benedetti Launch Cumnock Tryst Festival in Scotland
Another artist-led music festival has been announced, this one run by a composer and located in his native Scotland. And the composer is Scotland's finest, James MacMillan. Not only that, but Scotland's best known violin export, Nicola...
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