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  1. Janet Whitehouse once held the purse-strings of the Royal Academy of Music. And that's how the trouble began... bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…
  2. Mariinsky production of Boris Godunov is edgy and political: google.com/hostednews/afp…
  3. New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow will retire after 34 years: artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/new…
  4. It took over a year, & the lawyers get 2/3 more than initially projected, but Philadelphia Orch. is exiting bankruptcy: philly.com/philly/news/br…
  5. On second thought.... nytimes.com/2012/05/23/art…
  6. Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, says Met productions are now off-limits to Opera News critics: nytimes.com/2012/05/22/art…
  7. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the great Lieder singer, is dead at the age of 86: dw.de/dw/article/0,,…
  8. Oops! It turns out that cellist/conductor Christian Benda *is* related to Georg Benda! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian…
  9. David Patrick Stearns looks at the tenure of Charles Dutoit in Philadelphia: articles.philly.com/2012-05-14/new…
  10. Detroit Free Press critic Mark Stryker has a new-found appreciation for Kid Rock, thanks to Saturday's DSO concert: freep.com/article/201205…
  11. Sweden's Polar Music Prize, annually given to 1 classical & 1 pop artist, goes to Yo-Yo Ma & Paul Simon: cbc.ca/news/arts/stor…
  12. Leonard Slatkin & the DSO have a new concertmaster--Yoonshin Song. The Maestro never thought it would be so fast: freep.com/article/201205…
  13. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is trying out another concertmaster this week. freep.com/article/201204…
  14. Conductor Kurt Masur is out of commission until July. Broken shoulder blade! wqxr.org/#!/blogs/wqxr-…
  15. The Louisville Orchestra will have a shorter season, but the labor dispute is finally resolved: courier-journal.com/article/201204…
  16. The Cincinnati Symphony's new music director aims to win even the cab drivers over to classical music: news.cincinnati.com/article/201204…
  17. The Cellist of Sarajevo returns 20 years later: news.yahoo.com/cellist-saraje…
  18. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is the perfect family entertainment--unless you're in Malaysia: news.yahoo.com/singapore-tutu…
  19. The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra unveils a membership-based model for ticket prices. $5/mo to see any concert you want: thespco.org/concerts-ticke…