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Category: Music
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Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom
Michael Volle puts his noble voice to delightfully undignified use as the title character in Robert Carsen’s still fresh production of “Falstaff.”
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Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted
In “Solomon,” performed elegantly at Carnegie Hall by the English Concert and Clarion Choir under Harry Bicket, the chorus is the star.
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Review: A Pianist’s Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces
Adam Tendler’s program of works that he commissioned from 16 composers after the death of his father is emotionally involving and musically rewarding.
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Michael Tilson Thomas Revels in the Present With the New York Phil
Thomas, who is fighting brain cancer, conducted two ruminative works, Schubert’s “Great” Symphony and his own “Meditations on Rilke.”
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Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this opera adaptation of Tolstoy seemed unperformable. But in Munich, it has become an urgent antiwar cry.
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Where the Band Kids Are
The band kids of Ravenna High in Ohio dream of leaving their “nothing town,” but fear what that means they may have to leave behind.
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Nia Archives Is a Rising Dance Star in the U.K.
The 23-year-old British musician is a breakout star of a dance-music revival largely led by Black women artists. Her new EP, “Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall,” is out Friday.
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Composers Find Transcendence, and Inspiration, at Berghain in Berlin
The storied Berlin techno club Berghain has changed the way some composers think about and make music.
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Lincoln Center Chooses Hearst Chief as Next Board Chair
Steven R. Swartz, president and chief executive of Hearst, will replace Katherine G. Farley, the longtime chair, in June.
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‘The Magic Flute’ Review: Mozart Meets C.G.I., With Help From a Tween
A young tenor enters a world enlivened by computer graphics at a school devoted to the composer’s works in this Roland Emmerich-inspired film.
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‘The Magic Flute’ Review: Mozart Meets CGI, With Help From a Tween
A young tenor enters a CGI-enlivened world at a school devoted to the composer’s works in this Roland Emmerich- inspired film.