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‘We’re a down-to-earth bunch who just happen to like singing in a high register,’ he said of himself and his fellow countertenors

Daniele Rustioni was a 10-year-old in the La Scala children’s chorus when he saw Riccardo Muti for the first time. “I want to be him,” Rustioni recalled thinking. “I was very — how can say? — loud as a kid. He said: `You should be a conductor because you are very extroverted.’” With his 40th…

On Tuesday August 2nd at 7pm, APEX Ensemble will present a chamber concert at the outdoor waterfront pavilion on Cherry Lane.

The orchestra’s power in theatrical music was on display in two concerts at Carnegie Hall led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Union workers at Louisville Metro Corrections overwhelmingly rejected a contract with the city earlier today.

Classical music’s live performance comeback continued with concerts by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Terence Blanchard’s new opera, at the Met, deftly captures the churning inner world of its protagonist.

Somerset County courts for Dec. 1-11, 2020 Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court. Share SKOWHEGAN — Closed cases for Dec. 1-11, 2020, in Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court: Jason Almeida, 45, of Madison, operating under the influence Oct. 28, 2020, in Starks, $500 fine, 150-day license suspension. Warren Benson, 29, of Skowhegan, unlawful cutting of trees by another April 1, 2019, in Skowhegan, $100 fine, $100 suspended, $9,050...

The Met Opera’s Musicians, Unpaid Since April, Are Struggling About 40 percent of the players have left the New York area, and a tenth have retired. Now the Met is seeking long-term pay cuts, and offering them partial pay if they come to the bargaining table. The musicians in the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra, seen here at a rehearsal in 2017, have not been paid for nearly a year. Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times Published March 15, 2021Updated March 17, 2021 As the m...