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San Diego Padres relief pitcher Drew Pomeranz winds up during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, July 27, 2021, in San Diego. Pomeranz is back in the major leagues for the first time in three years, agreeing a one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants after opting out of a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan, File)

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Drew Pomeranz back in major leagues with Giants after 3-year absence caused by injuries
By RONALD BLUM - AP Baseball Writer
Fri,05/24/24-6:17PM , 575 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Pomeranz was in his Oklahoma City hotel room when his cell phone rang with his agent on the line. The San Francisco Giants were willing to bring the left-hander back to the major leagues after a three-year absence.
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Klaus Mäkelä, new director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, poses for a portrait Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Klaus Mäkelä, just 28, to become Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director in 2027
By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press
Tue,04/02/24-8:30AM , 172 Reads
Klaus Mäkelä was hired Tuesday to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891.
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This image released by Opéra Bastille - Opéra national de Paris shows a performance of "The Exterminating Angel” in Paris on Feb. 26, 2024. (Agathe Poupeney/Opéra Bastille - Opéra national de Paris via AP)

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New opera production adds something new to Luis Buñuel's 'The Exterminating Angel': cannibalism
By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press
Thu,03/14/24-1:36PM , 136 Reads
Calixto Bieito added an element to “The Exterminating Angel” that Luis Buñuel and Thomas Adès left out: cannibalism.
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Singer Marian Anderson, a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, appears in her New York apartment on Aug. 5, 1958. (AP Photo, File)

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Philadelphia Orchestra's home renamed Marian Anderson Hall as Verizon name comes off
By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press
Wed,02/28/24-9:00AM , 106 Reads
The Philadelphia Orchestra's home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the pioneering Black American contralto, a rare case of an artist's name replacing a corporation.
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