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‘The Magic Flute’ Review: Mozart Meets CGI, With Help From a Tween

A young tenor enters a CGI-enlivened world at a school devoted to the composer’s works in this Roland Emmerich- inspired film.

By Glenn Kenny

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A Conductor’s Battle With a Classical Music Gender Barrier

Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime fighting sexism and forging a path in a male-dominated profession. Her next targets: pay gaps and age discrimination.

By Farah Nayeri

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The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner

Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, including a revelatory performance of Strauss’s “An Alpine Symphony.”

By Zachary Woolfe

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Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera

The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.

By Thomas May

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