Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Washington National Opera

Just Don’t Call It A Merger

Tue, Jan 1, 2011
by Drew McManus
Last week, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Washington National Opera (WNO) announced that both organizations have adopted a similar relationship that the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) shares with the Kennedy Center. Officially, it is called an affiliation as the WNO retains their independent 501(c)3 status, but in a more
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Free = Good. Free + Big Screens = Better.

Thu, Sep 9, 2009
by Drew McManus
From out of the gloomy mist that has characterized business news the past few weeks, a bright and shiny silver lining is threading its way across several cities this weekend in the form of free simulcast concerts. For the past few years, operas have dominated this niche but this season, the Nashville Symphony jumps on
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