New General Manager at New York City Opera
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Gerard Mortier will succeed Paul Kellogg, who leaves in May as general and artistic director.
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Opera Orchestra of New York is facing financial problems that could force it to curtail next seasonâs performances.
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Vienna State Opera Director Ioan Holender announced Wednesday that he will step down in three years instead of looking to extend his contract.
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Lorin Maazel had a comparatively easy job last night in the first of this week's New York Philharmonic subscription programs. On the first half of the program, he led Mozart's Symphony No. 29 and the Horn Concerto No. 1 by Richard Strauss. He then ceded the podium to Xian Zhang, an assistant conductor at the Philharmonic since 2002, when she won first prize in the Maazel/Vilar Conductors' Competition. Ms. Zhang's task was more rigorous: she led the world premiere of
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The Metropolitan Opera has narrowed its list of candidates for general manager, and it includes the tenor PlÃ¡cido Domingo, two Met officials said.
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Metro's new general manager wants to get rid of the carpet in trains, brighten the lighting in stations and increase advertising in stations, trains and buses.
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Eighteen months after the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater announced an innovative commissioning project, few notes have been written. But the effort is gathering steam.
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A new face in the boardroom heralds change for the troubled company.
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NEW YORK - To promote its first season under its new general manager, Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera will give away 3,000 free tickets to Friday's dress rehearsal of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." The tickets will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 10 a.m.
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Frenchman Dominique Meyer has been named  the new director of Vienna&#39;s famed State Opera, the Austrian  government said on Wednesday.
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The Welsh National Opera's music director steps down, months before the company moves to its new home.
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The Seattle SuperSonics hired Sam Presti as their general manager on Thursday.
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The Dallas Opera plans a world premiere of the opera "Moby Dick" as part of its first season in its new digs.
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Natalie Dessay thrived under pressure, singing the touchstone title role of Donizettiâs âLucia di Lammermoorâ in a new production to open the Metropolitan Operaâs season on Monday night.
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NEW YORK  --  Sirius Satellite Radio and the Metropolitan Opera announced Wednesday that they will start a new channel to broadcast four performances a week during the company's 32-week season. It's part of the Met's vast media expansion under new general manager Peter Gelb.
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Academy Award winner Anthony Minghella will write the libretto and direct a new work by composer Osvaldo Golijov that has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.
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Gerard Mortier, currently the director of the Paris National Opera, will succeed Paul Kellogg, who leaves in May as general and artistic director.