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FILE – In this Sept. 11, 1985, file photo, Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose connects for hit number No. 4,192 break Ty Cobb’s all time hitting record at Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati. The bat Rose used to become baseball’s career hits leader is up for auction. The Lelands.com auction runs through Oct. 27, and the starting bid is $100,000. (AP Photo/Steve Pyle, File) NY187

May 13, 2025 at 1:25 pm

Pete Rose reinstated by MLB, becomes Hall of Fame eligible VIEW

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated, making both eligible for the Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.

May 13, 2025 at 8:49 am

Composer Gustav Mahler, whose music is enjoying new popularity, is celebrated at Amsterdam festival VIEW

A Gustav Mahler festival featuring all his symphonies and other major works is taking place at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam through May 18.

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May 7, 2025 at 8:57 am

William Christie is busy as ever at 80 and putting his imprint on the period-instrument movement

William Christie is as busy as ever in a season celebrating his 80th birthday, conducting, playing the harpsichord, administering his Les Arts Florissants orchestral and...

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May 6, 2025 at 7:58 am

Soprano Patricia Racette to become artistic director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Soprano Patricia Racette will become artistic director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, filling a key management position of a company she has been...

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April 29, 2025 at 8:20 am

Soprano Elza van den Heever has nightmares from her disturbing portrayal of `Salome’

Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

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April 23, 2025 at 8:03 am

Ryan Fleur is promoted to president of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Ryan Fleur has been promoted to president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, leading an institution that he has worked for since...

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March 4, 2025 at 10:26 am

London Symphony Orchestra conductor Antonio Pappano goes underground — he takes the Tube to work

Conductor Antonio Pappano is leading the orchestra on a 13-concert U.S. tour to California, Florida and New York that ends this week with its first...

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FILE – Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin (34) takes a pitch as home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott (81) calls the balls and strikes during a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File) NYDD301 NYDD301

February 20, 2025 at 11:26 am

Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training

A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during spring training games after four years of experiments in the minor leagues.

February 19, 2025 at 9:02 am

Met Opera to double cast Verdi and Puccini, as well as shift contemporary works from Saturdays

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of...

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February 14, 2025 at 10:08 am

Calixto Bieito takes on Wagner’s Ring Cycle, a quarter century after first shocking audiences

Provoking boos 25 years ago for radical stagings saturated with sex and violence, Calixto Bieito at age 61 has transformed from a European regietheater enfant...

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