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The $550 Million Question: How Does David Geffen Hall Sound?

The New York Philharmonic’s home underwent an extensive renovation that was finished two years ago. But that was only the beginning of the quest for the perfect sound.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Beethoven, Ludwig van Brahms, Johannes Classical Music Honeck, Manfred New York Philharmonic Olafsson, Vikingur

Review: Philharmonic Returns to Classics, at Its Own Expense

Led by Manfred Honeck, the orchestra all too quickly revisited Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and, with Vikingur Olafsson, Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

By Zachary Woolfe

Classical Music Salt Lake City (Utah) Salt Lake County (Utah) Smith, Ryan (1978- ) Stadiums and Arenas Utah Jazz Utah Symphony Orchestra

In Salt Lake City, Sports Drive a New Vision for Downtown

A proposal to remake the area would please the owner of the city’s N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. But others, including classical musicians, aren’t so thrilled.

By Tania Ganguli and Ken Belson

Arts Council England Classical Music English National Opera Finances Glyndebourne Festival Great Britain Lewes (England) Opera Politics and Government Royal Opera House

An Oasis in England’s Troubled, Polarized Opera Landscape

The Glyndebourne Festival, which receives little government support, has been mostly immune from recent convulsions of the opera industry in Britain.

By Joshua Barone and Alice Zoo