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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 restitution. Anthony M. Bowen, 34, of Sheffield, Massachusetts, operating under the influence Dec. ...

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 months without a paycheck wore on, Joel Noyes, a 41-year-old cellist with the Metropolitan Opera, rea...