You can now get excluded from the Last Night for carrying a flag related to ‘protest, hatred and advertising’. Seems to cover pretty much everything.

BBC Proms tightens Last Night flags restriction

The Belgian cellist Camille Thomas has left Liu Kotow Management in Hannover, which she joined five years ago. Thomas, 35, is now with Eleanor Ripman and Keynote Artists in London. She has a DG record contract.

Cellist flits from one boutique to the next

Lindsay McMurdo, a critic at the Edinburgh Festival, hits the elusive nail bang on the head:. And therein lies both a small part of the appeal and a large part of the problem, at least to this reviewer. At 37 (way too old now to be riding the prodigy bandwagon) Wang’s complete technical mastery is beyond question, and her market positioning unassailable. However, her motivation seems unclear. What does she actually want to do with all this talent? To dazzle and impress? Or to genuinely move and enlighten? On the evidence of Monday’s performance, it’s the former. But there was plenty of evidence that if she just pulled back slightly and dared to reveal a bit more of herself, she could achieve the latter. And that would be a wonderful thing to behold.

The big question for Yuja Wang

The Italian soprano Celestina Casapietra died this week in her homeland. After early successes in Milan she married the DDR conductor Herbert Kegel and became half of the regime’s operatic glamour couple. In Berlin, she performed Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Elsa in Lohengrin and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin,...

East Berlin’s Italian diva has died, at 85

Los Angeles, CA

The Colburn School in Los Angeles, host to Esa-Pekka Salonen’s conducting Fellowship, has received a huge $16.6 million donation from an Illinois-based foundation. Salonen said: ‘I am deeply grateful to The Negaunee Foundation for supporting this program from the very beginning. With this new and generous gift, we hope to make the Negaunee Conducting Program into the foremost conducting apprenticeship, finding talented individuals, regardless of their age or where they are in their studies, and nurturing that talent to share with the world.’

LA school gets $16.6m donation for Salonen program

Il viaggio a Reims was Rossini’s last Italian opera and the first he wrote in France for its Paris premiere in 1825 as part of the festivities for the coronation of Charles X. Conceived for the greatest voices of the time, the opera requires an exceptional cast: three prima donna sopranos, an alto, two tenors, and four baritones and basses have leading roles. For Rossini Opera Festival’s Accademia in Pesaro, Il viaggio a Reims has become an annual summer showcase for the next generation of bel canto singers – and one loyally followed live by audiences on OperaVision. Founded by the conductor Alberto Zedda, the Accademia Rossiniana has an international reputation for training young Rossini voices. One former student, Juan Diego Flórez, is not only one of the world’s leading tenors but the artistic director of the Rossini Opera Festival itself. Emilio Sagi’s production provides a beautiful platform on which young artists can shine. Broadcast live by Slippedisc courtesy of OperaVision.

Racing to Reims in a Rossini Formula-1

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Boston, MA

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The Rome-bound flight was forced to return to Boston.

Plane Forced To Return To Airport After Getting Struck By Lightning

Air travel keeps getting scarier ... over a dozen people were injured as a result of severe turbulence on a Korean Air flight ... and adding insult to injury, the cabin became a pig stye.

Korean Air Flight Severe Turbulence Injures 14, Creates Huge Mess on Plane

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Famous Corgi Becomes an 'Airline Captain' for United and Passengers Can't Get Enough

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Magic Layer Bars aka Hello Dolly Bars

A composer friend attended a programming meeting in Vancouver during which the possibility of one of his works being played was raised. ‘Sorry,’ they said, ‘we’re only doing DEI pieces’. ‘OK, but you do realise I’m gay, right’? Said my friend. ‘That doesn’t count,’...

Another country where arts funding is governed by DEI ideology

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

One woman has created more opera companies in Britain than anyone since Georg Frideric Handel. Her name is Wasfi Kani and the white male establishment has done everything to put her down. In our conversation this Saturday night, Wasfi talks about being ‘a small brown woman’ who grew up with...

Next BBC Lebrecht Interview: The opera outsider they could not suppress

A Norwegian man managed to sneak aboard two flights in as many days without a ticket after tailgating other passengers at Munich International Airport in Germany, according to local media reports. On the second occasion, police discovered he was armed with a knife. The bizarre stowaway story began on August...

Man Manages to Sneak Onboard Lufthansa Flights Without a Ticket Twice in Two Days and is Discovered Armed With a Knife

We all love a travel hack, especially when it comes to getting bumped up to business class or trying to score a cheap flight. Enter Susan Berry, an American traveler, who recently had a genius stroke of luck, which essentially led to getting paid to travel in Italy. Berry, 36,...

How a Traveler Earned Free Hotels in Italy and $3,600 in Flights From American Airlines

Cleveland, OH

The Cleveland Orchestra has received a $5 million gift from the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation in support of the Kelvin Smith Family Chair held by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. Welser-Möst will step down when his contract ends in June 2027. At that time, he will become the longest-serving...

Cleveland nets another $5 mill

New Jersey State

Newark, NJ

Travel + Leisure

Travel + Leisure got a first look inside the airline's revamped lounge at EWR.

Lufthansa's Newark Lounge Just Got a $10 Million Makeover — Take a Look Inside

--- Lee este artículo en español. Fares will be available through August 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET and are valid for nonstop travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays through November 13, 2024, with some exceptions. For example, the following dates are out of the offer: August 29; Sept....

Frontier Airlines launches flights with fares starting at $19

Alaska State

Jackson, WY

Fox Business

An Alaska Airlines flight operated by SkyWest was forced to make a sudden diversion from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Salt Lake City after the pilot said he was not certified to land the plane, reports said.

Alaska Airlines flight makes sudden diversion after pilot says he's not certified to land: report

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This airline won’t board violas

Message from Florian Peelman, professor at the Hanns Eisler Academy in Berlin:. I was denied boarding...

This airline won’t board violas

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