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Review: Grand Opera Makes a Comeback With ‘Le Prophète’

Meyerbeer, one of the 19th century’s most popular composers, is out of fashion today. But his work is receiving a rare revival at Bard College.

By Oussama Zahr

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At Bard, a Festival Argues for the Music of Vaughan Williams

This year’s Bard Music Festival explores the work and context of a composer who strove to make art “an expression of the whole life of the community.”

By David Allen

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‘Henri VIII’ Review: An Operatic Rarity

Saint-Saëns’s 1883 work is seldom performed today, but it is being well staged and excitingly sung at Bard College.

By Zachary Woolfe

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