Review: Lise Davidsen Achieves Strauss’s Ideal in ‘Salome’
Strauss had seemingly impossible standards for a soprano in “Salome.” But Davidsen, making her role debut in Paris, is exactly what he intended.
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Review: A New York Philharmonic Staple Outshines a Flashy Premiere
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances was the highlight of a program that also included the New York debut of Bryce Dessner’s evocative Concerto for Two Pianos.
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Jascha Heifetz in the Case of the Violinist and the Fanatical Doorman
Who attacked Heifetz 70 years ago in Jerusalem for the crime of playing Richard Strauss? A dive into an unsolved mystery.
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The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner
Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, including a revelatory performance of Strauss’s “An Alpine Symphony.”