BRIEF: Vancouver Opera Hires Festival Director Kim Gaynor

Here at Classicalite -- be it classical music, jazz, theater or dance -- arts news gets made fresh every single day.

So, in a highly clickable manner befitting of the Internet, here, then, are Classicalite's top five stories for today...

Thursday, February 18, 2016.

We think you'll find our clickage casts a rather wide 'Net, indeed.

Opera Revolution: The Numbers Are In and Opera Has Changed [Guardian]

World's Largest Jazz and Blues Record Store Closes [Chicago Tribune]

What Will Happen to the 100 Million Tracks On SoundCloud if the Site Goes Bust? [Wired]

Ditch the Playlist: What Happened When I Only Listened to New Music for a Year [Guardian]

Vancouver Opera's New Leader supports Festival Format [Vancouver Sun]