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Wolfgang Wagner, longtime Bayreuth director, dies

BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Wagner, the grandson of composer Richard Wagner and the leader of the Bayreuth opera festival for more than half…

Vienna makes first woman concertmaster permanent

VIENNA (AP) — The Vienna Philharmonic has permanently appointed its first woman concertmaster.

`Butterfly' back, and so is New York City Opera

NEW YORK (AP) — Having disappeared from Lincoln Center for a season, New York City Opera is taking tiny steps toward recovery.

Lady Gaga fires back in NY court at music producer

NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million.

Ian McEwan plans opera version of 'Atonement'

LONDON (AP) — It was a book, then an award-winning film. Now Ian McEwan's "Atonement" is to become an opera.

Geneva's 'Parsifal' ends in embrace

GENEVA (AP) — Geneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the…

No charges for son over conductor's Swiss suicide

LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Friday that they will not charge the son of conductor Edward Downes and his wife with assisting…

Influential Big Star member Alex Chilton dies

Alex Chilton, the singer and guitarist who had a No. 1 hit as a gravel-voiced teen with "The Letter" and went on to influence a generation of…

World music champion Charlie Gillett dies at 68

LONDON (AP) — Charlie Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at…

Singing Cornish fishermen sign major-label deal

LONDON (AP) — After singing soldiers and harmonious priests, a group of English fishermen is the latest unorthodox band to sign a…

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