Venice’s La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests

Venice’s La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests

MILAN — Venice’s renowned La Fenice opera house is breaking ties with the controversial incoming music director with ties to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni following months of protests by musicians. General manager Nicola Colabianchi cited Beatrice Venezi’s “repeated and serious public statements that were offensive and harmful” to the theater and its orchestra for the…

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Music Review: Noah Kahan's 'The Great Divide' meets the moment as a 'Stick Season' successor

Music Review: Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ meets the moment as a ‘Stick Season’ successor

Gather around. Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is leading his audience to therapy — or a walk in the woods. Kahan’s fourth studio album, “The Great Divide,” out Friday, picks up where “Stick Season” left off with folksy, introspective hooks and catchy choruses that hit like a windows-down drive on a cool summer night. Recorded primarily in…

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