In less than six months, the flotsam has included the careers of great classical artists, including Metropolitan Opera Company conductor James Levine and former Montreal Symphony Orchestra music director Charles Dutoit. It’s no surprise that the seemingly genteel world of classical music and opera is facing the same reckoning as the rest of the entertainment industry. The big orchestra conductors are stars who command annual salaries that reach the mid-six figures. The classical music and opera worlds decades ago came to terms with the awfulness of Richard Wagner. Classical music writer John Terauds is supported by the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

Source: thestar March 02, 2018 21:00 UTC