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UPDATE: BBC Young Musician 2014 Finalists Announced, Jazz Contest Added
Bavarian Soprano Diana Damrau Follows Anna Netrebko's Downtown Path to (Le) Poisson Rouge
The merits of new and old colliding are vast. The distinction between an early and late New York City is continually blurred as gentrification bleeds in both directions. That said, there may not be a more perfect blend of young and old than at the downtown dwelling (Le) Poisson Rouge, where the Metropolitan Opera has been hosting a series (starting and relating with Alexander Borodin's masterpiece, Prince Igor). The Column: The Crisis of the United States of America's Classical Recording Scene
What on earth is happening--has already happened, actually--to the North America classical music recordings scene? The self-extraction of yet a famous New York store, J&R, from classical music underlines yet again how dire things have got in the entire region. But just the disappearance of high-street shops doesn't explain it all away.
