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fierywoman

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30. I'm so glad I'm a retired (professional) classical musician -- what terrible times working

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Reply #29)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:06 PM

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musicians are facing in these years. FWIW, I worked with Noseda (LA Opera) and my *purely personal* sense of him is that he is, shall we say, very sympathetic to the right politically.

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