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The Virginia Classical Music Blog

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Review: 'The Elixir of Love'

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Virginia Opera, Joseph Walsh conducting Nov. 28, Landmark Theater, Richmond A lot of comedy is rooted in cruelty, and Donizetti’s "The ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Chattanooga suspends opera

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The recessionary hits keep coming: The Chattanooga (TN) Symphony & Opera Board, facing an accumulated deficit of $1.1 million, suspends ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ego at play

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The Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky bails out of concerts with the Boston Symphony because his name isn't displayed as prominen...

Thomas Adès, head-on

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"I used to look a little bit to the left and the right of the music and I would often come at the music from the side. Now I kind of t...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Slump hits arts in Baltimore

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More recessionary fallout for the arts: The Baltimore Opera barely covers expenses of this month's production of Bellini's "Nor...

Richard Hickox (1948-2008)

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Richard Hickox, one of the leading interpreters of British music and choral and operatic repertory, died Nov. 23 in Cardiff, Wales. The 60-y...

Fine arts for London's young

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Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, calls for giving the city's youths more exposure to high culture, including opportunities to learn t...
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Clarke Bustard
A music critic and cultural writer based in Richmond, VA, Bustard has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch since 1971. He also has contributed to Style Weekly in Richmond, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines, the webzine NewMusicBox and other publications. Bustard is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing, as well as awards from state and national press associations.
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