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Susanna Mälkki conducts the New World Symphony at New World Center in Miami Beach at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $29-$116 at nws.edu or 800-597-3331.
A petite, dark-haired woman walked into the orchestra pit at La Scala, the illustrious Milan opera house that has seen the world premieres of works by Bellini, Verdi and Puccini. Susanna Mälkki was making history that day, becoming the first woman to conduct the opera company once presided over by Arturo Toscanini. The fact that this particular glass ceiling was not shattered until 2011 was treated as something of an embarrassment for La Scala.
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Florida Grand Opera has postponed Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde for a season and will be performing Massanet’s Thaïs in its place for the 2013-2014 season.
Kemal Gekic made his South Florida debut at the Miami International Piano Festival in 1999, and in the intervening years has become a familiar presence on the local concert scene. His Sunday afternoon recital on the concluding day of this year’s festival, however, was one of his most impressive solo performances to date.
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