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“The Greek Passion” Takes Center Stage at the Salzburg Festival

Bohuslav Martinu’s “Greek Passion” poses a timeless question: when a group of refugees seek protection in a new community, what will the locals do?

By Rebecca Schmid

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The Baritone Andrè Schuen Performs at the Salzburg Festival

Andrè Schuen stars as Count Almaviva in the Salzburg Festival’s new production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.”

By A.J. Goldmann

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Apocalypse Nowish: An Octavia Butler Opera May Be Prophetic

Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon adapted Butler’s dystopian “Parable of the Sower.” Their opera makes its New York debut at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City.

By Salamishah Tillet

Gerhaher, Christian Gerstein, Kirill Grigorian, Asmik Gruber, H K Hengelbrock, Thomas Huffman, Ted (Theater Director) Makela, Klaus McBurney, Simon Opera Orchestre de Paris Ostermeier, Thomas Rattle, Simon Tcherniakov, Dmitri Venables, Philip

The Ups and Downs of the Aix-en-Provence Festival

Not everything was an artistic or audience success at the 75th Aix-en-Provence Festival in France. But everything was worth discussing.

By Joshua Barone

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