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'The Column: Five Great Modern Operas That the New York Times Music Staff Missed!

The New York Times has published an interesting piece, their classical music writers giving their thumbs-ups to the modern operas they consider the most likely candidates for perennial popularity. Which, in opera terms, means at least a production every year or two, somewhere, we'd guess. Among their choices were some fine works but, perhaps inevitably, the list felt incomplete. It was bound to, and there's the fun
By James Inverne

  • 'When U.S. Customs Smashed Boujemaa Razgui's 11 Nay Flutes...the Other Side of the Story

    Let nobody say that both sides of a story never get an airing. The news that 11 rare flutes had been destroyed by U.S. customs officials has been greeted with horror by the music community. The instruments belonged to the Canadian musician Boujemaa Razgui. Yet, U.S. customs believes they acted correctly. And they have stated their case.
    By James Inverne

  • 'Classicalite's Five Best: Characters, Then and Now, for Whom Classical Music Was a Passion...Not Just Sherlock!

    With the triumphant return of the BBC's Sherlock to our screens, following his supposed death at Reichenbach, the series everyone is talking about prompts another thought for classical fans. It is an ongoing characteristic of Arthur Conan Doyle's books about his great detective, that Holmes is passionate, if not hugely accomplished, about the violin, which took pride of place alongside recreational drugs and mentally sparring with Dr. Watson. And classical music has held a special place for other perhaps surprising, and unlike Sherlock non-fictional, figures.
    By James Inverne
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