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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
December 16, 2014 1:43 AM
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Enjoy an evening of art and activities celebrating Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
December 15, 2014 1:46 PM
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Irene Dalis, the San Jose native who established a starry international career as an operatic mezzo-soprano before returning to found and run Opera San José for 30 years, died Sunday in San Jose after a brief illness. Larry Hancock, her longtime collaborator who succeeded her at the company's helm in June, confirmed her death. For the young singers in her charge, she was a nurturing but strict mentor; her co-workers and members of the company’s board soon learned that she rarely took no for an
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
December 5, 2014 2:54 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
November 19, 2014 7:44 PM
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“Purchase of Manhattan,” a one-night-only concert opera, treats the deal for the island, arranged by the Dutch official Peter Minuit, as perhaps not outright theft, but a taking.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
November 4, 2014 8:22 PM
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At the beginning of September, Naxos released the world premiere recording of L’Orestie d’Eschyle (the Oresteia of Aeschylus), composed by Darius Milhaud betwee
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
October 2, 2014 2:44 PM
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The seals are officially out to play.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
August 8, 2014 12:11 PM
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Last night Yefim Maizel, Artistic Director of the Opera Academy of California (OAC), returned to Old First Presbyterian Church. Over the past summers OAC has us
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
April 4, 2014 10:02 PM
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The Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado led the New York Philharmonic in a program of mid-20th-century masterworks by Britten, Bartók and Shostakovich.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
March 29, 2014 12:32 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
March 9, 2014 5:35 PM
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His bold theatricality and updating of classical works marked his four-decade career as the leader of some of the world’s most important opera companies.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
March 1, 2014 12:46 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
February 22, 2014 1:05 PM
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Although Benjamin Britten’s opera “Billy Budd” is undeniably a tragedy, there’s also an element of sweetness to the title character whose innocence leads to his demise. There’s another element of sweetness to Los Ang
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
February 6, 2014 12:54 AM
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The founding documents of the New York Philharmonic — back to its inaugural 1842-43 season — are now available online.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
December 15, 2014 1:56 PM
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Contemporary music in the classical world is making headway, ever so gradually.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
December 5, 2014 6:05 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
November 24, 2014 3:57 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
November 18, 2014 4:55 PM
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Lenape Center proudly hosts the world premiere of the Purchase of Manhattan concert opera at Marble Collegiate Church, with the support of the Collegiate Churches of New York and Intersections International. Was the island’s price tag really $24 worth of beads? Commissioned by the Lenape Center, Purchase of Manhattan sings-to-life the drama surrounding New York City’s beginning from the perspective of the Lenape, Manhattan's first native peoples. Purchase of Manhattan is exquisitely scored b
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
October 17, 2014 4:26 PM
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The Classical Net web site offers a comprehensive collection of information and news on classical music subjects including articles and CD reviews, composers and their music, the basic repertoire, recommended recordings and a CD buying guide. The site now features over 9000 files of information including thousands of CD, Book, Concert, DVD and Blu-ray reviews and more than 5500 links to other classical music sites.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
October 1, 2014 2:47 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
August 8, 2014 2:19 AM
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The Metropolitan Opera is headed for a lockout, according to its general manager, Peter Gelb. The employees are demoralized and surprised by this prospect, but bewilderment is something they’re familiar with from the Gelb regime.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
March 31, 2014 4:21 PM
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Directors of the San Diego Opera meet today to re-examine their vote to shutter the venerable arts institution. Some board members say they didn't have all the information they needed, including an...
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
March 22, 2014 11:37 PM
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
March 8, 2014 2:58 PM
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In his lifetime, C.P.E. Bach was more famous than his father, Johann Sebastian Bach. His music continued to influence composers for generations to follow.
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
February 22, 2014 1:41 PM
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February 13, 2014 (New York, NY) AOP has received a dollar-to-dollar matching contribution from an anonymous donor during the last week of its Kickstarter campaign for Harriet Tubman: When I Crosse...
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Marylene Delbourg-Delphis
February 16, 2014 1:31 PM
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After many seasons of anchoring its seasons with classics — 'Carmen,' 'Tosca,' 'La Traviata' and 'The Magic Flute' to name a handful — the Kentucky Opera is taking a turn next season by performing rare works, masterworks that the company has not produced and new works that tell the story of American life.
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