Detty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity, both for locals and visiting members of the diaspora. Bring your stamina, dancing shoes and wads of cash.
Category: Music
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Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants
Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
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A Bold Alliance Ends as Innovative Opera Director Bows Out in Detroit
Yuval Sharon will leave the financially strained Detroit Opera after this season. In March, he brings his unorthodox vision to Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera.
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A Star Conductor Brings Sparkle to Vienna’s New Year’s Concert
For the first time, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s most-watched event of the year: its annual concert on New Year’s Day.
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Vienna to Stage Gender-Bending, Jazz Age Comedy Once Banned by Franco
MusikTheater an der Wien will stage Pablo Luna’s “Benamor,” a rarely seen example of the Spanish zarzuela genre from the Roaring Twenties in Madrid.
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Gary Graffman, Piano Virtuoso and Renowned Teacher, Dies at 97
Mr. Graffman was a onetime child prodigy whose career was curtailed by a neurological condition that restricted him to his left hand.
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Did We Underestimate Kate Hudson?
For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.
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Chris Rea, Grammy-Nominated Singer of ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ Dies at 74
The Blues-influenced singer and guitarist built a lasting career, particularly in Europe, with hits that included “Driving Home for Christmas” and “Fool (If You Think It’s Over).”
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What Fans Did to Attend a Bad Bunny Show in Mexico City
The award-winning Puerto Rican artist, the most-streamed on the planet, is performing eight concerts in Mexico. People flocked from all over the world, including the United States.
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The Met Opera’s Leaner ‘Magic Flute’ Courts Young Listeners
Julie Taymor’s abridged production of Mozart’s opera has been trimmed down to 90 minutes as the Metropolitan Opera bids to recruit a new generation.