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Michael Tilson Thomas said the following in an interview with Christopher Morley in the

"Contentious" is what The New York Times predicts that labor negotiations will be when union contracts with the Metropolitan Opera expire this summer:

After the report in last week's column

Fremont Symphony's 50th season continues with "A Celebration of Fremont," a concert on March 30 at Smith Center, Ohlone College. The program begins with silent film pianist Jon Mirsalis paying homage to the beginnings of the film industry in Niles with Son of a Gun, starring Broncho Billy.

A visionary and controversial figure in opera, Gerard Mortier, died Saturday at his home in Brussels. He was 70 years old.

... as for the item above, about the New Esterházy Quartet's program, Michelle Dulak Thomson has also this to say: