Slump hits arts in Baltimore

More recessionary fallout for the arts: The Baltimore Opera barely covers expenses of this month's production of Bellini's "Norma," the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra cancels a January date, and the Baltimore Symphony faces precipitous drops in its endowment fund and ticket sales. Tim Smith reports in the Baltimore Sun:

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