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Minnesota shows 5th deficit in six years

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Minnesota shows 5th deficit in six years

The orchestra claims its audiences and donations are increasing, but five losses in six years is not a good look. The latest deficit, $3.8 million, is blamed on the loss of federal aid after Covid.

What will it be next year? With numbers like this, the orchestra has an interim leader and is struggling to find a new CEO. What is needs is new vision. Ticket sales across the last season were 75% of capacity. That’s a lot of absent butts.

 

 

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Concerto Copenhagen, Mass in B Minor, music for Charles II: London Festival of Baroque Music returns with Iestyn Davies again as artistic director

Concerto Copenhagen, Mass in B Minor, music for Charles II: London Festival of Baroque Music returns with Iestyn Davies again as artistic director

The next generation of composers: ORA Singers' Young Composers' Showcase at Kings Place

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Beyond the Gothic melodrama: Opera Holland Park revives Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari

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