Mark Russell Smith, currently with the Richmond Symphony, has been tapped to lead the Quad City Symphony starting next season. The Quad City Symphony is my hometown orchestra and former classical music stomping ground. Christian Knapp, a Seattle Symphony favorite and former Associate Conductor, is one of the nine finalists for the soon to [...]
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Six Degrees
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Puccini: Great Opera Collection
Decca unleashed two audacious box sets on the public this last Tuesday. The first is a 15 disc set of some of Puccini’s most famous operas to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth. The set includes Manon Lescuat, La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, Gianni Schicci, [...]
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