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Pop the cork
NYCB, here we go!It's the start of another week – yeah right, just another week… We're about to find out what 2,586 mask-muffled crazies can do to the auditory environment. Will the acoustical sealant hold? Will the…
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observations 9/10
So it seems that NYCB has had some problems uploading the casting to its new fancy-schmancy web page. Apparently it's now more difficult than slapping the old PDF into the container. But they're working…
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Met Opera’s lions roar again!
We're talking big big big roar – from the orchestra, from the chorus, from the soloists — and from the audience. It was the fierce roar of artists re-establishing their territory, of restoring their…
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observations 9/2
NYCB announced its COVID Nutcracker plans. No kids under 12 will be in the casts although kids under 12 will be in the audience provided they can produce a negative COVID test. This will…
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Pay the orchestra, dammit!
NYCB hits sour notes with elected officialsNew York City Ballet has always depended on taxpayers to fund it. Most recently as the result of the COVID crisis, NYCB received a federal grant of $10 million and also will share in…
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Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony in Damrosch Park
The Met Opera Orchestra is celebrating its new union contract with Met management by giving two free performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" in Damrosch Park on September 4th and 5th at 8pm.…