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29th April: Sneaker-star back in spotlight, dispute at Romanian Opera & Malcolm Arnold manuscript rediscovered

Friday 29th April 2016

Classical News

In today’s news, sneaker-star and Metropolitan Opera tenor Francesco Anile got another chance in the spotlight, Romanian culture minister resigned amid a dispute at the Romanian National Opera and a missing manuscript by Malcolm Arnold has been rediscovered on eBay.

New York Post

Metropolitan Opera tenor takes the stage again — in costume

The Italian tenor who made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on a moment’s notice last weekend — while still wearing a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers — got another chance in the spotlight Thursday night.

Classical Music Magazine

Romanian culture minister resigns amid opera row

Romania’s culture minister has resigned amid a dispute at the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest which has seen staff protests and three performances cancelled. Vlad Alexandrescu announced that he would be stepping down in a letter to the Prime Minister posted on his Facebook page on 27 April.

Classical-music.com

Missing manuscript by Malcolm Arnold discovered on eBay

A handwritten symphony manuscript by Malcolm Arnold has been rediscovered by his daughter on eBay, three decades after he is thought to have given it away while suffering from mental illness.

ABC News

Opera singer Nicole Car rising up the ranks of Australia’s opera scene

Nicole Car was hooked on opera from the opening chords of the overture of the first opera she ever saw.

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Muttersprache Mozart

Er ist der eleganteste Dirigent der Welt, mit einer Vorliebe für die ganz großen symphonischen Brocken von Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner und Gustav Mahler: Zubin Mehta wird an diesem Freitag 80 Jahre alt

neue musikzeitung

Podium-Festival Esslingen 2016: Klassik-Events im alten Kino und in der Autowerkstatt

In seinem achten Jahr schwimmt das Esslinger Podium Festival auf einer anhaltenden Erfolgswelle

klassik.com

Überreichung der Auszeichnung durch den bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann mit Bundesverdienstkreuz ausgezeichnet

pizzicato

Verona: In der Arena herrscht ‘Normalität’

Carlo Fuortes, der die Abwicklung der Geschäfte im finanziell angeschlagenen Betrieb der Opernfestspiele in Verona überwachen soll, hat vor der Presse betont, die Festspiele würden wie geplant stattfinden

artsjournal

Chicago Symphony’s Pioneering “Beyond The Score” Project Is Canceled

The cost of all the extra elements far outweighed the revenue from ticket sales

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Photograph: Ken Howard