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Obituary: Ravinia Festival’s General Manager Marcus L. Overton Passes Away At 75

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Marcus L. Overton passed away on June 9, 2019 at the age of 75. The former production stage manager at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the general manager for the Ravinia Festival, succumbed to a long battle with kidney failure. A 54-year veteran in the world of performing arts management, he took on a wide range of art forms {…}

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Pittsburgh Festival Opera Announces New Executive Director

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The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced that Christopher M. Powell will be its new Executive Director. He will take up the position on March 12, 2019, and lead the festival into its 42nd edition. Powell has worked as Director of Artistic Initiatives at the Glimmerglass Festival and was also Co-Executive Producer of the podcast “Breaking Glass.” He also served as {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: American Soprano Jane Marsh on Her Career & How to Magnetize What You Want in Your Own Career

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When Jane Marsh made her Italian and European début at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy singing the demanding part of Desdemona in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello,” she was just past her teens. She had been recommended to Thomas Schippers by the Metropolitan Opera as he was looking for a soprano to sing the role for the opening of {…}

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Boston Symphony Orchestra Names Three New Fellows

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(Credit: Courtesy of Boston Symphony Orchestra) The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced three new fellows to the Susan W. and Stephen D. Paine BSO Resident Fellowship for Early-Career Musicians. The company noted that violinist Rachel Arcega Orth, cellist Maximiliano Oppeltz, and violist Yuri Hughes are the recipients of the fellowship. Launched at the start of the 2022–2023 season, the fellowship {…}

Business, News

VisionIntoArt Receives Major Grant from Mellon Foundation

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VisionIntoArt has received a $600,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. The grant will “support capacity building for the continued development and sharing methodologies of [the organization’s] creative production model.” Per an official press release, the funding will allow for the expansion of the organization’s equity-driven approach and support such projects as Paola Prestini and Brenda Shaughnessy’s “Sensorium Ex,” which centers {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Composer Layale Chaker on Creating ‘Ruinous Gods’ & Her Journey in Music

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(Photo Credit Anna Rakhvalova) A violinist. A composer. A polyglot whose musical world combines classical contemporary music with jazz, Arabic music, and improvisation. This is Layale Chaker, whose blossoming career, which has seen her work performed by such organizations as the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, is set to take another step when her {…}

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Iceland Symphony Orchestra Names Barbara Hannigan Chief Conductor & Artistic Director

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Barbara Hannigan has been appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for an initial period of three seasons, starting in late 2026. The soprano / conductor first collaborated with the ensemble in 2022 at the Reykjavík Arts Festival. She renewed the relationship in June 2023 and recently performed with the ensemble again in April 2024. “Always {…}