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New Recordings Revive James P. Johnson and Mary Lou Williams Rarities

A pair of new recordings bring holy grail artifacts by the composer-pianists James P. Johnson and Mary Lou Williams into the light.

By Seth Colter Walls

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The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Doesn’t Feel Like a Beginner Anymore

Long a rising star, she is getting a new Metropolitan Opera production built around her, and it’s the house’s first Spanish-language show.

By Joshua Barone

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John Eliot Gardiner, Famed Conductor, Accused of Hitting Singer

John Eliot Gardiner was accused of lashing out backstage at a singer who had headed the wrong way off a podium during a performance of Berlioz’s opera “Les Troyens.”

By Javier C. Hernandez

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For Classical Music, Every Summer Is a Liberation

During a time of year in which anything can be a stage, the joy of music making has room to breathe outdoors.

By James Estrin and Joshua Barone