Fanny was still allowed to compose and perform, but only in private. And yet inconveniently, she turned out to have a talent so enormous it spilled over into everything she did. - The Guardian
"More than 300,000 people attended Eurovision-related events in Liverpool in May, giving the local economy a £54.8m boost. … In total, 306,000 people visited the city centre for Eurovision events, according to research commissioned by Liverpool City Council." - BBC
She will complete her seven-year term at the end of this season, though she will remain director of the company's Vanguard Initiative for emerging opera composers. - WFMT (Chicago)
Ita O'Brien, who helped launch the profession in Great Britain, is at the Gran Teatre del Liceu working on the European premiere of John Adams's Antony and Cleopatra. - The Guardian
The term dystonia is rooted in the Latin prefix dys, or difficulty, and tonus, meaning tone or tension. It refers to involuntary disruptions in muscle tone that cause spasms and shakes. It has been divided into many categories and subtypes, depending on the body parts affected and the age of the person when it began. - The Guardian
“We’ve received our ratings from Nielsen, and they said it is not even close,” said All Classical’s President and CEO Suzanne Nance. “We’ve been pulling a 6.5 market share, and the closest competitor is 3.0.” - The Oregonian
The key aim was to use music to connect young people from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds on both sides of the Irish border. Almost 30 years on, this remains the central goal of the 140-member orchestra. - BBC
The initiative by Opera America, described as a discount exchange for traveling audience members, has 85 participating companies across the US and Canada offering a 10% discount on tickets to subscribers of any other participating company. - Ludwig Van
Falletta has produced 54 recordings for Naxos – a rate of two per year. Two of those BPO recordings, and a third that Falletta recorded with the London Symphony, have won Grammy awards. - Buffalo News
When Claude is asked for lyrics to the song “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, for example, it responds with “a nearly word-for-word copy of those lyrics,” Universal, Concord, and ABKCO said in a filing with a US court in Nashville, Tennessee. - Ars Technica
Why? She had only been on the job for two years. Now, "virtually no member of the staff, faculty, or administration, including those who left during the past two years, would talk on the record about Muhl." - Boston Globe
Her 47-year career came to a close in Berlin last week. For every role, she says, "I ask myself, What do I want to say? What could I be in this role? And then I decide if I should do it, and how I’ll do it." - The New York Times
Two months after a strike authorization vote, the contract ratification means the musicians play on, with a much better deal than management press releases last week would have suggested. - MSN (Philadelphia Inquirer)
