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Bravo to the Bru Zane folks for this latest triumph! I encourage opera lovers to get to know this treasurable Spanish (or faux-Spanish) work by the pioneering master of nineteenth-century operetta.
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For fans of novellas, Filthy Rich will be a trashy guilty pleasure.
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Agrippina (1709), an enormous hit at the Met this past season, proves, by turns, gripping, sardonic, and exquisite.
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The real problem is the obsessive engagement with social media platforms that encourages attention-seeking behavior, and rewards it.
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In no way was the recognition that Ira Sullivan received commensurate with his skill.
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The Kentuckian’s message is one of both heritage and empathy — and the necessity of both.
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Of all the musicians who were harbingers of change, none has had the long-term influence on young musicians that John Coltrane has had.
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This is state-of-the art modern jazz, alternately hard swinging, contemplative, commercial, and abstract.
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Rossini’s Zelmira is a powerhouse opera that features two coloratura tenors and equally demanding roles for soprano and mezzo.
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Poetry Remembrance: John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes” — Forever Young at 200
Keats is comfortable in that ambiguous space between reality and the imagination, and you will find no finer example of Romantic poetry when he fuses them in the language of an erotic dream.
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