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‘Grounded,’ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight. With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, ...
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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

NEW YORK (AP) — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest conductors’ dressing room off the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra pit. Just four women had ...
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First-Ever Training Institute For Female Opera Conductors Premieres In Dallas

Australian Jessica Gethin conducts under the watch of conductor Emmanuel Villaume. He's leading this master class in the Dallas Opera's first-ever Institute for Women Conductors. In a banner year of ...
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Rare female opera conductor gives birth and goes back to podium just days later

Lidiya Yankovskaya is the music director for the Chicago Opera Theater. She was pregnant when conducting “Becoming Santa Claus” last month, and she returned to her podium days after giving birth to ...
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Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4

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