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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
George Walker’s Sinfonias, a new take on Monteverdi’s “Vespers” and a Sphinx Virtuosi debut are among the highlights.
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Christian Thielemann to Succeed Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera
The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was named to replace Barenboim, who stepped down in January after three decades because of health problems.
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‘Doppelganger’ Review: A Soldier Confronts His Mortality
At the Park Avenue Armory, an imaginative and viscerally shocking staging of Schubert songs from the director Claus Guth and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
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John Cage Shock: When Japan Fell for Cage and Vice Versa
After a 1962 visit, a mutual love affair began between the composer and the country’s musicians. A new series at the Japan Society explores this relationship.