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Five Quickies: Kiri Te Kanawa in 'Downton Abbey,' Lady Conductors, L.A. Free Music Society, Graphic Scores, Tori Amos Musical

News gets made fresh everyday.

And with the world's best musicians, singers, dancers and actors going back to repertory work after their summer stocks, there's more good news happening now than there was, say, back in September.

So, in an effort to keep all you Classicalites abreast of each and every situation, we'll be trawling the web for the best headlines--those stories, those people making the biggest waves.

Here, then, is today's news:

How Downton Abbey Got Nellie Melba All Wrong [The Telegraph]

More Evidence that Outdated Attitudes About Female Conductors Persist [Baltimore Sun]

Second Life: Light Bulb (1977-81) [The Art Book Review]

Squiggles are the New Quarter Notes: Why Music Looks Different Now [The Atlantic]

Tori Amos is Flying High with her New Musical The Light Princess [Metro]

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