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  • Slatkin Returns to the Nashville Symphony as Music Advisor

    July 16, 2025

    The Nashville Symphony announced today that Slatkin will return to serve as Music Advisor for the next three years. Slatkin will lead the orchestra through a pivotal period that includes the 20th anniversary of Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

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  • Slatkin to Speak at New Hollywood String Quartet’s Summer of Angels Festival

    May 19, 2025

    Leonard will introduce the Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival July 10-13 at The Huntington in San Marino, CA. The concerts will feature the New Hollywood String Quartet playing repertoire recorded by the original Hollywood String Quartet.

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JULY 2025

Not a Marx brother in sight, but I spent many June days and nights at the opera enjoying Britten’s fun and fantasy-filled adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Several years ago, on this same site, I wrote about putting together a standard opera production at the Metropolitan Opera. That journal entry turned out to be controversial, but I still think it is valuable to understand the process that goes into bringing a work to life from the planning stage to performance. This month, I will take you behind the scenes at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and explain how we put it all together.

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