Posts Tagged ‘Metropolitan Opera’
Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals this Saturday on WCNY-FM!
Saturday, May 12th at 1 P.M., Classic FM finishes up the 2011-12 Metropolitan Opera season with the recent National Council Grand Finals concert, featuring the opera stars of the future! ...
Taking requests for Saturday’s Opera Grab-Bag!
Hello, everyone, from Bruce Paulsen and Marie Lamb! As regular Classic FM listeners know, we’ll have our “Five Frantic Days” membership campaign from Friday, March 30th through Tuesday, April 3rd. ...
Ring out the old year in high style with the Metropolitan Opera!
To ring out the old year, WCNY Classic FM will air the 1951 Metropolitan Opera broadcast of the New Year’s Eve favorite, “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss II. Eugene Ormandy ...
BREAKING: James Levine withdraws from Met until end of 2012-13 season
The Metropolitan Opera has released the unfortunate news that their longtime music director, James Levine, will have to withdraw from the Met for health reasons for the rest of this ...
Norman’s News, 11/1/11: a busy couple of days!
Hello, everyone! Norman Lebrecht in London has had quite a bit to report the past two days, so let’s catch up with him!
1) The latest on EMI: the frontrunner pulls out! ...
Norman’s News, 10/11/11: Major musical theft alert!
Hello, everyone! Here’s the latest music and arts news from Norman Lebrecht….
1) Major musical theft alert: violinist Keith Gurry of the BBC Symphony Orchestra has had his violins and bows stolen ...
Norman’s News Bulletin: Levine out of Met for fall season!
Norman Lebrecht has breaking news from the Metropolitan Opera: music director James Levine’s ongoing health problems have forced him to withdraw from conducting there for the rest of the year. (As ...
Norman’s News, 8/18/11
The latest from Norman Lebrecht in London and elsewhere…
1) You may have heard about a news report that the music of Mahler has been shown to work as a deterrent ...
