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05.05.2009 7:26 pm

Christine Brewer rides to the rescue (again)

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Lebanon, Ill.-based soprano Christine Brewer may have blown out her knee, but her voice is just fine — and she was once again the go-to replacement for an ailing soprano in a big sing, this time with the Santa Fe…

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04.30.2009 3:29 pm

Best bets: St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra

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St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3. Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand Boulevard. $8 to $14 in advance; $10 to $18 day of concert. 314-534-1700 or www.slso.org.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s resident conductor, Ward Stare, helped…

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02.05.2009 12:38 pm

Best bets: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in two very different programs

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David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra perform the Verdi Requiem, 8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 14. $25 to $110.

Pianist Orli Shaham, David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra perform “A Broadway Valentine,” 3 p.m. Feb. 15. $25…

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01.30.2009 5:41 pm

What Were They Thinking?

I know it’s none of my business, but I can’t help but wonder what the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra was thinking when it decided to promote the Verdi Requiem as a Valentine’s Day event.

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01.24.2009 5:55 pm

Opera review: Met’s “Orfeo” disappoints (edited)

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If you should someday find yourself running an opera company, keep this in mind: Don’t ever put a choreographer in charge of an entire production, unless dance is really all you care about. (And in that case, you should be…

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01.20.2009 11:45 am

Super Bowl opera revival: Revisiting “Gli Arieti”

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With Kurt Warner once again leading a team to the Super Bowl, perhaps it’s time to revive my middle-Verdi opera, “Gli Arieti.”

When the Rams first went to the Superbowl, the then-editor of A&E, Ray Rinaldi, told each of us to…

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