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Ralph P. Locke

Opera Review: Pauline Viardot’s and Ivan Turgenev’s First-Rate Fairy Opera Rediscovered

Opera Review: Pauline Viardot’s and Ivan Turgenev’s First-Rate Fairy Opera Rediscovered

Colorful, characterful, and full of worldly wisdom, The Last Sorcerer—by a skilled and imaginative composer, to a text by the great Russian novelist— receives a superb world-premiere recording, with Met mezzo Jamie Barton and bass-baritone Eric Owens.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Bridge Records, Ivan Turgenev, Le Dernier Sorcier, Pauline Viardot, Ralph P. Locke

Theater Review: A Three-Hour “Bright Room Called Day” Befuddles at the Public Theater

Theater Review: A Three-Hour “Bright Room Called Day” Befuddles at the Public Theater

Tony Kushner attempts a re-write of his first professional play. The results are decidedly mixed.

By: Christopher Caggiano Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Bright Room Called Day (Revisited), Christopher Caggiano, Tony Kushner

Music Feature: The Tedeschi Trucks Band — Home for the Holidays

Music Feature: The Tedeschi Trucks Band — Home for the Holidays

The Tedeschi Trucks Band is capping another remarkable year of transition and growth, some of it spurred by tragedy.

By: Scott McLennan Filed Under: Featured, Music, Preview, Rock Tagged: Scott McLennan, Susan Tedeschi, Tedeschi Trucks Band

Coming Attractions: December 1 through 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

Coming Attractions: December 1 through 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Bill-Marx, Blake Maddux, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Merli V. Guerra, Noah Schaffer, Steve Elman, Susan Miron, Tim Jackson

Theater Review: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” — Neither Noir nor Romp

Theater Review: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” — Neither Noir nor Romp

Ken Ludwig’s stage version of Murder on the Orient Express is an enjoyable diversion.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Daniel Gewertz, Spiro Veloudos

Book Feature: Terry Tempest Williams on the Agonies of “Erosion”

Book Feature: Terry Tempest Williams on the Agonies of “Erosion”

Terry Tempest Williams thinks that we must seize opportunities to save an increasingly endangered world — we don’t have a choice to feel powerless against the forces that seek to exploit and destroy the beauty of life on this planet.

By: By Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured Tagged: Erosion: Essays of Undoing, Terry Tempest Williams

Concert Review: Robyn Hitchcock — Reigning Godfather of Mind Expansion Music

Concert Review: Robyn Hitchcock — Reigning Godfather of Mind Expansion Music

The Brit-born iteration of mind-expansion music — from Syd Barrett onward — favors clever wordplay and musical accessibility.

By: Scott McLennan Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: City Winery Boston, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott McLennan

Music Commentary: Why You Should Buy 45s

Music Commentary: Why You Should Buy 45s

Let the unimaginative people diddle around with their baseball cards and stamp collections. This is the kind of irrational, eccentric passion that you will be remembered for.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: 45s, Allen Michie

Film Review: “The Irishman” — A Blood-Soaked Cautionary Tale

Film Review: “The Irishman” — A Blood-Soaked Cautionary Tale

For all its cinematic zest and superb acting, The Irishman offers a bleak demonstration of what happens when you sell your soul for too little.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese, Matt Hanson, Robert DeNiro, The Irishman

Book Review: “Galway Girl” — Anarchic Fury

Book Review: “Galway Girl” — Anarchic Fury

Jack Taylor has always been a version of the reluctant detective, but now he seems more impotent than ever — distracted, beat down, and very tired.

By: Lucas Spiro Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Galway Girl, Ken Bruen, Lucas Spiro

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