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Marco Goecke confronted Wirbke Huester, a dance critic, in the theater's crowded foyer before wiping the contents of a bag of feces in her face.

Strictly speaking, Marco Goecke was not fired for smearing dog poo on a critical journalist's face after a bad review, rather he and Hanover's State Opera mutually agreed to dissolve his contract with immediate effect.

'What kind of an apology is this supposed to be?' the victim said Tuesday after hearing Marco Goecke's statement, which appeared to defend his disgusting actions, too.

MILAN (AP) — No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin's State Opera's music director after 30 years.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/barenboim-takes-it-day-by-day-balancing-music-with-illness/"></div>MILAN (AP) — No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin’s State Opera’s music director after 30 years. A towering figure in classical music, the 80-year-old conductor and pianist got […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt -...