

Joshua Barone
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‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.

In Life and Music, Ned Rorem Was Unwaveringly Himself
This composer, diarist and reluctant pioneer of gay liberation has died. A critic remembers visiting him in his twilight.

Benjamin Bernheim’s Met Opera Debut Is Worth the Wait
Benjamin Bernheim’s arrival at the house was put off by the pandemic. Now singing in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” he’s a natural fit there.

Steve Reich, Busy as Ever, Enters His Late Period
At 86, this eminent composer takes a surprising but still searching direction in his music, while recent projects look back on six decades of work.

Review: A Conductor Takes a Victory Lap With Her Orchestra
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has returned to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, now as a guest, for a tour that stopped at Carnegie Hall.

Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars
Allan Clayton brings pathos and terror, along with energy where it’s often missing, to a revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes.”

A Lifelong Friendship’s Latest Chapter: A Concerto Premiere
At the San Francisco Symphony, Magnus Lindberg’s music is being conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, his fellow Finn and former classmate.

Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’
All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.