BACKArts Journal: Slipped Disc
New York’s Smallest Opera Chief Is Dead.
Anthony Amato has died at 91. He founded Amato Opera Theater in 1948.
Yale Professor: Hungary Could Be Going Fascist.
The Canadian-Hungarian historian Éva S Balogh, who runs the internationally acclaimed blog Hungarian Spectrum, describes the political landscape in Orbán‘s Hungary.
Jessica Duchen’s Classical Music Blog
Farewell, Russell Hoban (1925 – 2011).
Well-known novelist and librettist Russell Hoban has died.
LA Times
2011 Year In Review: Best in Jazz.
From young stars following their unique vision to a parting session from a departed master of doing the same, there was no shortage of recordings worth celebrating in 2011.
2011 Year In Review: Best In Classical Music.
Mark Swed’s round-up of the best and the worst of 2011’s classical music.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/12/2011-year-in-review-best-in-classical-music.html