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Anthony Roth Costanzo, new general director and president of Opera Philadelphia, poses at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on April 15, 2024. (Matthew Placek/Opera Philadelphia via AP)

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to become general director of Opera Philadelphia

Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia. Costanzo will continue his career as a leading countertenor while taking over an ambitious company dealing with post-pandemic economic challenges.

CORRECTS NAME TO SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER Shelby Rowe, center, Executive Director of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, flanked by Ashley Judd, left, and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc, right, finishes speaking during an event on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with notable suicide prevention advocates. The White House held the event on the day they released the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention to highlight efforts to tackle the mental health crisis and beat the overdose crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc help the White House unveil its national suicide prevention strategy

In this image provided by the Met Opera, soprano Asmik Grigorian prepares for her Metropolitan Opera debut during a rehearsal for Puccini's "Madame Butterfly." (Jonathan Tichler/Met Opera via AP)

Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura poses for a portrait at his home in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes

This album cover image released by KIDinaKORNER/Interscope shows "Loom" by Imagine Dragons. (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope via AP)

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds talks new album ‘Loom’ — ‘Heavy concepts but playful at the same time’

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Dwayne Johnson accepts the CinemaCon "Spirit of the Industry" award during the Walt Disney Studios presentation at CinemaCon 2024, Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 28-May 4

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of 28-May 4 include wrestler-actor Dwayne Johnson, sports reporter and TV personality Erin Andrews and singer Willie Nelson.

FILE - Yoko Ono appears before the dedication ceremony for her permanent art installation, a sculpture called SKYLANDING, at Jackson Park, Oct. 17, 2016, in Chicago. One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Ono. The groundbreaking artist, filmmaker and musician is the 2024 recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal, an honor previously given to Stephen Sondheim and Toni Morrison among others. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Yoko Ono to receive Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement

One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Yoko Ono.

FILE - Mary J. Blige onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 also will include folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton. The induction ceremony will be Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into Rock Hall

Mary J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

FILE - Conductor Andrew Davis, right, raises his arms as he takes a bow, accompanied by Renee Fleming, and Peter Rose, center, during the final dress rehearsal of Richard Strauss's "Capriccio" in the Metropolitan Opera at New York's Lincoln Center, March 25, 2011. Davis, the acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died, Saturday, April 20, 2024. He was 80. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies

Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80.

FILE - In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Morgan Wallen arrives at the CMT Music Awards on at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville. Wallen, 30, was booked into jail early Monday, April 8, 2024 on three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, Metro Nashville Police tweeted. (AP Photo/Sanford Myers, File)

Recently arrested Morgan Wallen says he’s ‘not proud’ of behavior

Country music star Morgan Wallen says he’s “not proud” of his behavior and accepts responsibility after being charged following accusations that he threw a chair off the rooftop of a six-story bar.

FILE - This undated photo shows members of the Allman Brothers Band, from left, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, Gregg Allman and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson, eating at the H&H Restaurant in downtown Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)

Musicians pay tribute to Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts after death at 80

Fellow musicians are paying tribute to Allman Brothers guitarist, singer and songwriter Dickey Betts after his death at 80.

FILE - Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, exits the funeral of Gregg Allman at Snow's Memorial Chapel, June 3, 2017, in Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (Jason Vorhees/The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)

Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

Guitar legend and Allman Brothers Band co-founder Dickey Betts has died at age 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer wrote the band’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man.”

Farid Alilat, a writer for the French-language magazine Jeune Afrique poses for photo in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Alilat was expelled from Algeria after flying in from France and not being allowed to leave the airport as journalists continue to face challenges reporting in Algeria. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Algerian journalist says he was expelled from his country without explanation

An Algerian journalist is decrying his expulsion from the country after flying in from France and not being allowed to leave the airport last weekend.

FILE - Author Salman Rushdie receives the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation's first ever lifetime achievement disturbing the peace award at the Vaclav Havel Center on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in New York. Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit

Salman Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains.

American Josh Kiszka, lead vocals of Greta Van Fleet band, performs during the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 21-27

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 21-27 include musicians and twins Jake and Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet, actor Hank Azaria and singer Lizzo.

New York Philharmonic to tour China this summer

The New York Philharmonic will give five concerts in China this summer in what it says will be first visit to the mainland by a U.S. orchestra since 2019.

Mister Cee, a famed hip-hop DJ and key figure behind Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, dies at 57

Mister Cee, one of hip-hop’s pioneering DJs and a New York City radio personality who played an instrumental role in the Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, has died.

Lorin Latarro attends "The Who's Tommy" Broadway opening night at the Nederlander Theatre on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New York. The quintessential rock musical is thrillingly alive again on Broadway. And just a few blocks away is a new rock show featuring music by Huey Lewis and The News. The connecting tissue between them is the in-demand choreographer Latarro, known for her bespoke approach and a fluency when it comes to rock. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Choreographer Lorin Latarro, rock’s whisperer on Broadway, gives flight to the Who and Huey Lewis

The quintessential rock musical “The Who’s Tommy” is thrillingly alive again on Broadway. And just a few blocks away is a new rock show featuring music by Huey Lewis and The News.

FILE - Clarence "Frogman" Henry gestures during an interview at his home in Algiers, La., June 12, 2003. Henry, one of New Orleans’ best known old-time R&B singers who scored a hit at age 19 with “Ain't Got No Home" in 1956, has died at age 87. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, the New Orleans R&B singer behind the 1956 hit ‘Ain’t Got No Home,’ dies

New Orleans R&B singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry has died at age 87. In 1956, he recorded “Ain’t Got No Home,” finding almost instant stardom with the song in which he imitated a frog’s voice.

FILE - In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Morgan Wallen arrives at the CMT Music Awards on at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville. Wallen, 30, was booked into jail early Monday, April 8, 2024 on three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, Metro Nashville Police tweeted. (AP Photo/Sanford Myers, File)

Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off of the roof of a 6-story bar

Police say country music singer Morgan Wallen has been arrested after police say he threw a chair off the rooftop of a newly opened six-story bar in downtown Nashville.

America Ferrera arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 14-20

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 14-20 include “Barbie” actor America Ferrera, “Star Trek” actor George Takei and country singer Chris Stapleton.

FILE Sacha Baron Cohen, left, and Isla Fisher arrive at the 71st annual DGA Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles. Cohen and Fisher say they filed for divorce last year after more than 20 years as a couple. The English “Borat” star and the Australian “Wedding Crashers” actor who married in 2010 announced their split Friday, April 5, 2024, on Instagram. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce last year after more than 20 years as a couple.

Conan O'Brien performs at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert benefiting God's Love We Deliver at the Beacon Theatre, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exit

Does time and a new host heal all wounds? Fourteen years after Conan O’Brien left “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno, the comedian will appear on the late-night program as a guest.

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Dev Patel on the set of "Monkey Man." (Akhirwan Nurhaidir/Universal Pictures via AP)

How Dev Patel got ‘Monkey Man,’ his directorial debut beset by challenges, to the finish line

Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel is making his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the action thriller, “Monkey Man.”

This image released by RCA Records shows "Older" by Lizzy McAlpine. (RCA Records via AP)

Music Review: Lizzy McAlpine tells intimate folk-pop stories on her third album, ‘Older’

Lizzy McAlpine’s new album “Older” tracks the feelings and questions that come with maturing, grieving, learning to trust and be trusted.

This image released by Focus Features shows Dzada Selim, left, and Anamaria Marinca in a scene from "Housekeeping for Beginners." (Focus Features via AP)

Movie Review: Love wins in the triumphant ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’

“Housekeeping for Beginners” begins with a shot of a painting on a wall hanging just a little askew.

Johnny Flynn, from left, Andrew Scott, and Dakota Fanning pose for a portrait to promote the television miniseries "Ripley" on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

A familiar American goes to Italy to live his best life in the bloody Netflix series ‘Ripley’

It’s time to take another trip to Italy, to the charming, cobblestoned streets of the Amalfi Coast, sipping coffee at cafes and looking for the La Dolce Vita.

John Barth, innovative postmodernist novelist, dies at 93

John Barth, the postmodernist writer whose whimsical novels revolved around the art of literature, has died. He was 93.

This image released by William Morrow shows "City in Ruins" by Don Winslow. (William Morrow via AP)

With some laughs, some stories, some tears, Don Winslow begins what he calls his final book tour

Author Don Winslow has announced that his new novel, “City in Ruins,” will be his last. The 70-year-old is not burned out or ill, or out of ideas.

Poet-critic Hanif Abdurraqib among 8 winners of $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

Poet-critic Hanif Abdurraqib, fiction writers Deirdre Madden and Kathryn Scanlan and playwright Christopher Chen are among this year’s recipients of Windham-Campbell Prizes, for which winners each receive $175,000 cash awards.

FILE - Former cast members of SCTV, from left, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, foreground, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy and Martin Short, pose at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival on March 6, 1999, in Aspen, Colo. Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series “SCTV,” died Monday, April 1, 2024 at age 82. (AP Photo/E Pablo Kosmicki, File)

‘SCTV’ star and comedian Joe Flaherty has died at 82 after an illness, his daughter says

Comedian Joe Flaherty has died. He was a founding member of the beloved Canadian sketch series “SCTV.″ He was 82.

FILE - French writer Maryse Condé reacts after being awarded the New Academy's Literature Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 9, 2018. Condé, winner in 2018 of an “alternate” Nobel Prize, died Monday night at a hospital in Apt, outside Marseille. (Christine Olsson/ TT News Agency via AP, File)

Maryse Condé, prolific ‘grande dame’ of Caribbean literature, dies at age 90

A prize-winning author from Guadeloupe who was known as the ‘grande dame’ of Caribbean literature has died. Maryse Condé was 90.

FILE - Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of the concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2023. Swift’s Instagram message encouraging her 283 million followers to register to vote was nominated for a Webby in the best creator or influencer category. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce earn Webby Award nominations, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling

Taylor Swift and her Super Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce, along with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet, are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.

FILE - Iraqi-born Israeli author Sami Michael, left, is congratulated by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, as he receives an Emet Prize in Jerusalem Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. Sami Michael, an award-winning Iraqi-Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, has died. He was 97. (AP Photo / Jim Hollander, Pool, File)

Sami Michael, Iraqi-born and award-winning Israeli author and activist, dies at 97

Sami Michael, an award-winning and Iraqi-born Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, has died.

FILE - Barbara Rush appears at the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival - Opening Night Gala of "When Harry Met Sally" in Los Angeles on April 11, 2019. Rush, who co-starred in films with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other leading men of the 1950s and 1960s and had a thriving TV career later in life, died Sunday, March 31, 2024 at age 97. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Barbara Rush, actor who co-starred with Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman among others, dies at 97

Barbara Rush, who co-starred in films with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other leading men of the 1950s and 1960s and had a thriving TV career later in life, has died.