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Review: This London ‘Ring’ Is on the Met Opera’s Radar

It’s not stage-filling spectacle, but Barrie Kosky’s version of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold,” the start of a four-opera epic, is eerie, vivid and intense.

By Zachary Woolfe

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When Club Music Went Commercial, Remixes Kept It Real

Social justice, romance and gay pride are alive in a sound that would seduce the world.

By Craig Seymour

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Wang Fang Criticized for Mariupol Performance

The singer Wang Fang drew criticism after she performed “Katyusha,” a Soviet-era patriotic song, at the ruins of a theater in Mariupol.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Richard Davis, Gifted Bassist Who Crossed Genres, Dies at 93

He was best known for his jazz work. But he was also heard on Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” and with orchestras conducted by Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein.

By Andrey Henkin