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Review: ‘The Righteous’ Brings Stirring Prayer to Santa Fe Opera

Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s new work about an ambitious minister’s rise in the 1980s is that rarity in contemporary music: an original story.

By Zachary Woolfe

Books and Literature Classical Music Content Type: Personal Profile Gordon, Ricky Ian Intimate Apparel (Opera) Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera (Book) The Grapes of Wrath (Opera) Theater Writing and Writers

Book Review: ‘Seeing Through,’ by Ricky Ian Gordon

In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.

By Alexandra Jacobs

Appointments and Executive Changes Assaults Classical Music English Baroque Soloists Gardiner, John Eliot Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique Thomas, William (Singer)

Maestro Accused of Striking Singer Won’t Return to His Ensembles

John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Chase, Claire Classical Music Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center Heyward, Jonathon (Conductor) Huang Ruo Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center’s Audiences Deserve Music Worthy of Them

When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising.

By Zachary Woolfe