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The premiere of the ballet Paquita was cancelled on December 5 , half an hour after it should have started. Further performances on December 6 and 8 were also blacked out, along with two further shows last night at the Bastille and the Palais Garnier.
Apparently, some of the dancers are complaining of insufficient compensation for their preparatory work.
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Opera Theater of St. Louis has named international soprano Patricia Racette as its next artistic director. Racette, 59, is still singing major roles in Italy. The post St Louis picks Patricia appeared first on Slippedisc.
Programmes for tomorrow’s concert in Birmingham contain this paragraph from CEO Emma Stenning: As we’ve worked hard to connect with new audiences, I’m delighted to share an 8% growth in attendance, and the brilliant news […]
The deeply troubled Melbourne Symphony has called in consultants KPMG to see what went wrong. The chairman an d three other board members will step down. Richard Wrigley, former head of the BBC Philharmonic, has […]
