Cancellation Nightmare!

Shudder at some spooky stories from Season 8 of Opera Box Score including Pavarotti’s nightmare and Maria João Pires preparing the wrong concerto.

In the Two Minuite Drill, a musicians’ strike threatens the cancellation of a world premiere by Kamala Sankaram at Minnesota Opera, the Met stands up for Ukraine, and a fond farewell to Judith Blegen.

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