Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship
These two titans of 20th-century literature and music formed a profound, yearslong relationship across generations and backgrounds.
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The Metropolitan Opera Moves Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ to America
Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell’s lethargic staging updates Bizet’s opera to present-day America.
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Willie Ruff, Jazz Missionary and Professor, Dies at 92
A master of the French horn, a rarity in jazz, he toured the world with the pianist Dwike Mitchell and taught music at Yale.
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How Cancer Has Influenced Andreas Steier’s Music-Making
“The music stays as beautiful as it is,” said Andreas Staier, an eminent interpreter of early keyboard music who has a rare blood disease.