Category: music

“No back-up plan has been submitted and no investor has expressed concrete interest during the observation period, which made the receivership inevitable.” But since that period ended in September, the company says, there has been “substantial interest in taking over Qobuz in its current form.”

The organisation found ENO had made “good progress” in in improving its operation, but has “further work to do” to ensure future sustainability.

“Users interested only in iTunes’ media management features—people with terabytes of MP3s who want a solid app to catalog and organize their libraries—feel abandoned as Apple moves away from local file storage in favor of cloud-based services.”

“We gained a lot when albums went fully digital, but we also lost a bunch of stuff along the way. Among the things we lost: Record sleeves, media towers, and Tower Records. We have digital equivalents of all these things, so it’s not like we necessarily miss them. But perhaps the one thing we lost that we’ll never get back is the hidden track. It was one of the few things about an album that couldn’t easily be converted to MP3 or Spotify.”

“Over three years after her most-recent upload, Adele released the video for her new single “Hello” in the early hours of Friday morning (approximately 12amPT). Within 48 hours, it had been viewed 50 million times, making it the biggest debut of any video on YouTube in 2015 and one of the most-watched music video debuts of all time.”

“In 2002, she joined the New York Philharmonic as an assistant conductor, eventually becoming and associate conductor and the first holder of the Arturo Toscanini Chair. She’s also served as the music director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, which included a televised debut at the BBC Proms.”

“Inserts with the anthem’s lyrics were placed into the programs, and members of the audience rose to their feet, and some sang along, as the Met’s chorus, principal singers and some members of the company’s staff gathered together on stage and sang ‘La Marseillaise,’ with the Act I set of the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle in the background.”

“Take off all your awards. Go on the stage naked. Or your pajamas. And go out there and do what you can do to inspire something greater than yourself.”

“The design of the 700-seat theatre is based on one of the most celebrated opera houses in the world, La Scala in Milan, which opened in the 18 century. It will feature four tiers of balconies above the stalls, according to plans seen by the Times.”