Callas would have turned 100 on Dec. 2. She and her flash of a career remain beacons of artistic integrity and profundity.
Category: Music
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New York City Ballet and Its Orchestra Reach Contract Deal
The agreement, which includes an increase in compensation of about 22 percent over three years, ends months of tense negotiations.
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Rob Reiner Teases Details of ‘Spinal Tap’ Sequel
Speaking on a podcast this week, the director said Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the film, among other real musical stars.
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Institutionalized
In Las Vegas, the answer is a resounding yes — and why not throw in a wedding chapel and a bar, too?
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An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Time
“Émigré,” about Jews who fled Nazi Germany, debuts amid U.S.-China tensions and cultural rifts over the Israel-Hamas war. It comes to New York in February.
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Antonia Bennett Used to Sing With Tony. Now She’s Carrying on Solo.
The crooner’s daughter is ramping up her music career once again, and plotting a new album. On Friday, she’ll perform two sets at Dizzy’s Club in New York.
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JACK Quartet Commits to Finding the Music
Its stylistic range, precision and passion have made the group one of contemporary music’s indispensable ensembles.
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film: 4 Takeaways From the Premiere
The star skipped the red carpet and slipped into the celebrity-filled screening on Saturday night. But the movie pulls back the curtain — a little.
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Catherine Christer Hennix, Spiritual Drone Musician, Dies at 75
She fused her mathematical knowledge with minimalist sounds and global spiritual traditions, most notably in her 1976 composition “The Electric Harpsichord.”
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André 3000’s Experiments With Flutes and Fame
The acclaimed rapper’s first solo album contains no rapping. What does this sharp creative turn reveal about its maker?
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Why You Love (or Love to Hate) Christmas Music
Like the holiday season itself, the nostalgia that Christmas music evokes can be emotionally charged.
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Review: The Philharmonic Feasts on ‘The Planets’
Under Dima Slobodeniouk, the orchestra played works by Holst and Ligeti and, for the first time, Julia Perry’s somber “Stabat Mater.”