Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness
The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.
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Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’
All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.