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Ani DiFranco Learned (and Cried) a Lot During Her First Year in N.Y.C.

“The lessons that New York has for you around every corner — it was a big part of my young adulthood, this city,” said the singer-songwriter, who will make her Broadway debut in “Hadestown.”

By Kathryn Shattuck

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Murder Most Unromantic in a New ‘Carmen’ at the Metropolitan Opera

The British director Carrie Cracknell’s production, opening on New Year’s Eve, resists the idea that the opera’s climactic scene is a crime of passion.

By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

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Best Arts Photos of 2023

Deadheads, ballerinas and Mick Jagger: As 2023 winds down, revisit a memorable handful of the thousands of images commissioned by our photo editors that capture the year in culture.

By Marysa Greenawalt Laura ONeill Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webste

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In Vienna, the Adventures of ‘Candide’ Continue

On the heels of the new film “Maestro,” an American director will stage Leonard Bernstein’s often-reworked operetta in its “concert version.”

By David Belcher