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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
John Adams’s opera “Girls of the Golden West,” a recital program by Barbara Hannigan and a collection of Elgar symphonies are among the highlights.
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Amid Orchestral Waves, the Sound of Cultures Conversing
“Natural History,” performed in Cincinnati, is a collaboration between the composer Michael Gordon and the Native American ensemble Steiger Butte Drum.
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Florentina Holzinger Brings Roller-Skating Nuns to the Opera House
The choreographer Florentina Holzinger’s shows feature circus performers and abundant nudity. Now, she’s bringing her experimental approach to opera.
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Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic
He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.