Music – Page 6

Can Eurovision Avoid Politics in Neutral Switzerland?

The competition is run by an opaque Swiss organization that wants to sidestep controversies that could spoil the fun.

By Alex Marshall

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John Adams’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Sags at the Metropolitan Opera

John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.

By Zachary Woolfe

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Essentially Ellington Keeps Duke Ellington Very Much Alive

Essentially Ellington once again brought the world’s best high school jazz musicians to New York. Over the last 30 years, the event has reshaped how jazz is taught.

By Chris Almeida and Gus Aronson

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With This ‘Gypsy’ Song, Audra McDonald Makes You Rethink the Broadway Show

Near the end of “Gypsy,” the Tony-nominated actress sings a song that makes you rethink the show you’ve been watching. I talked to her about it.

By Ben Brantley