Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to become general director of Opera Philadelphia

Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to become general director of Opera Philadelphia
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Tilman Michael to become Metropolitan Opera chorus director, succeeding Donald Palumbo

Tilman Michael will become chorus director of the Metropolitan Opera next season following the retirement of Donald Palumbo after 17 years as chorus master

Tilman Michael to become Metropolitan Opera chorus director, succeeding Donald Palumbo
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New opera production adds something new to Luis Buñuel's 'The Exterminating Angel': cannibalism

Calixto Bieito added an element to “The Exterminating Angel” that Luis Buñuel and Thomas Adès left out: cannibalism

New opera production adds something new to Luis Buñuel's 'The Exterminating Angel': cannibalism
Entertainment

Bradley Cooper laments lack of public awareness of Leonard Bernstein

Bradley Cooper hopes his film “Maestro” will increase awareness about Leonard Bernstein

Bradley Cooper laments lack of public awareness of Leonard Bernstein
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Los Angeles Opera to present Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' reimagined on film soundstage

The Los Angeles Opera opens its 2024-25 season Sept. 21 with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” reimagined in a film studio and will present the company premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar” while reducing its offerings from six main-stage productions to five

Los Angeles Opera to present Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' reimagined on film soundstage
Entertainment

Kwamé Ryan to become music director of Charlotte Symphony in 2024-25

Kwamé Ryan was hired as music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina and given a four-year contract to start with the 2024-25 season

Kwamé Ryan to become music director of Charlotte Symphony in 2024-25
Entertainment

Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version

Jake Heggie's version of “Dead Man Walking” reaches the Metropolitan Opera for the season’s opening night in a production by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean

Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version
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`10 Days in a Madhouse' opera premieres in Philadelphia, celebrating women's voices

Composer Rene Orth's “10 Days in a Madhouse,” based on the 1887 book by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly, opened Opera Philadelphia's O23 Festival

`10 Days in a Madhouse' opera premieres in Philadelphia, celebrating women's voices
Entertainment|Health

Franz Welser-Möst is back with Cleveland Orchestra after cancer surgery and slipped disk

Franz Welser-Möst is back on the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium, concentrating again on music instead of his health

Franz Welser-Möst is back with Cleveland Orchestra after cancer surgery and slipped disk
Sports

Teoscar Hernández hits 2-run double in 11th, lifts Dodgers over Yankees 2-1

Teoscar Hernández broke up a scoreless game with a two-run double in the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 2-1 to stop New York’s season-best eight-game winning streak in a matchup viewed as a possible World Series preview

Teoscar Hernández hits 2-run double in 11th, lifts Dodgers over Yankees 2-1
Entertainment|Sports

Dodgers' Kiké Hernández makes error in midst of live television interview during 2-1 win over Yanks

Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández made an error while in the midst of a live television interview during a 2-1, 11-inning win over the New York Yankees

Dodgers' Kiké Hernández makes error in midst of live television interview during 2-1 win over Yanks
Sports

Juan Soto has elbow inflammation and is out of the lineup but will not go on Yankees' injured list

Yankees slugger Juan Soto has elbow inflammation and was not in the starting lineup for the first time this season when New York opened a high-profile series against the Los Angeles Dodgers

Juan Soto has elbow inflammation and is out of the lineup but will not go on Yankees' injured list
Sports

Carlos Rodón wins 6th straight start for Yankees, putting miserable first season in New York behind

Carlos Rodón retired his first 16 batters and won a career-best sixth straight start, leading the Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 9-5 that stretched New York’s winning streak to seven

Carlos Rodón wins 6th straight start for Yankees, putting miserable first season in New York behind
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Cole to make at least 2 more minor league starts, on track for possible Yankees' return in June

Gerrit Cole is likely to make at least two more minor league rehabilitation starts, putting the AL Young Award winner on track for a possible return to the New York Yankees’ rotation in mid-to-late June

Cole to make at least 2 more minor league starts, on track for possible Yankees' return in June
Sports

MLB player Tucupita Marcano faces possible lifetime ban for alleged baseball bets, AP source says

San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is under investigation by Major League Baseball for allegedly betting on baseball and could be subject to a lifetime ban, according to a person familiar with the probe

MLB player Tucupita Marcano faces possible lifetime ban for alleged baseball bets, AP source says
Sports

Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen appears headed to injured list after straining right hamstring

Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen appears headed to the injured list after straining his right hamstring five pitches into a 3-2 loss to the New York Mets

Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen appears headed to injured list after straining right hamstring
Sports

Jorge López cut by Mets, a day after the reliever threw his glove into the stands following ejection

Jorge López has been cut by the struggling New York Mets, a day after the reliever threw his glove into the stands following his ejection at Citi Field

Jorge López cut by Mets, a day after the reliever threw his glove into the stands following ejection
Sports

Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated

Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a

Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated
Sports

Shohei Ohtani lost sleep after translator was accused of stealing millions of dollars from him

Shohei Ohtani says he lost sleep after his translator was accused of stealing millions of dollars from the two-way baseball star

Shohei Ohtani lost sleep after translator was accused of stealing millions of dollars from him
Sports

Mariners' Rojas says he picked up pitch tipping of Yankees' Schmidt ahead of Moore home run

With a little nod of his neck as he took his lead off second base, Josh Rojas seemed to signal Mariners teammate Dylan Moore a cutter was coming from Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt

Mariners' Rojas says he picked up pitch tipping of Yankees' Schmidt ahead of Moore home run
Sports

Yankees' Schmidt thinks he tipped pitch that Mariners' Moore hit for go-ahead, 2-run homer

Clarke Schmidt thought he tipped his pitch to Seattle’s Dylan Moore, who put the Mariners ahead to stay with a two-run homer in the third inning of a 6-3 win over the New York Yankees

Yankees' Schmidt thinks he tipped pitch that Mariners' Moore hit for go-ahead, 2-run homer
Business|Sports

Bad Bunny sports agency sues baseball players' union over ban, announces Ronald Acuña Jr. as client

Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm sued the baseball players’ association Thursday, asking for a restraining order against the union that would allow it to keep working with the company’s clients

Bad Bunny sports agency sues baseball players' union over ban, announces Ronald Acuña Jr. as client
Entertainment|Sports

Tim Howard, last in line of top American goalkeepers, enters U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

Tim Howard will join Tony Meola, Kasey Keller and Brad Friedel on Saturday as modern-era American goalkeepers in the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

Tim Howard, last in line of top American goalkeepers, enters U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame
Sports

U.S. and Mexico drop bid to host 2027 World Cup, Brazil and joint German-Dutch-Belgian bids remain

The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and said they instead will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament

U.S. and Mexico drop bid to host 2027 World Cup, Brazil and joint German-Dutch-Belgian bids remain
Sports

Yankees manager Aaron Boone is ejected 5 pitches into game vs. Athletics

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected by Hunter Wendelstedt five pitches into a game against the Oakland Athletics over a remark from a fan behind the dugout aimed at the plate umpire

Yankees manager Aaron Boone is ejected 5 pitches into game vs. Athletics

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