Review

Film Review: “Transit” — Europe’s Unburied Past

March 15, 2019
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In Transit, Christian Petzold explores why the ghosts of Europe’s troubled past are stirring once more.

Visual Arts Review: “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth” — Treasures of an Imaginary World

March 15, 2019
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This is the most extensive public display of original J.R.R. Tolkien material for several generations.

Theater Review: HTC’s “Romeo and Juliet” — A Seamless Marriage between Old and New

March 15, 2019
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The HTC’s Romeo and Juliet may be dressed in modern trappings, but the play’s elemental heart and soul are left fully intact.

Film Review: “To Sleep With Anger” — The Devil’s Temptations

March 15, 2019
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To Sleep with Anger is a masterpiece, a powerful reminder that, however seductive the devil might be, he can be overcome.

Classical Concert Review: Boston Musica Viva plays Hoffer, Smith, and Greene

March 14, 2019
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Richard Pittman led the core players of BMV in a confident, evocative reading of the music.

Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “The Rape of Lucretia” — Bravi Tutti

March 14, 2019
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The Boston Lyric Opera is mounting a fabulous staging of Benjamin Britten’s visceral opera.

Concert Review: Boston Baroque’s “Jephtha” — The Fate of Youth

March 13, 2019
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Music Director Martin Pearlman had the excellent idea to cut out 6 of the 24 arias to make Jephtha move along, and it paid off.

Book Review: “The Bird King” — Nothing But Enchantment

March 12, 2019
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The Bird King is an utterly lovely reading experience.

Dance Review: “Full on Forsythe” — Revolutionary

March 12, 2019
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William Forsythe asks dancers to go beyond their mastery of technique — in order to have the music move audiences to a higher level of emotional involvement.

Opera CD Review: Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger,” Sung in Italian, Beautifully, with Conversational Ease

March 12, 2019
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A 1962 concert performance from Radio Italiana, now on CD, shows how delightful Wagner can sound without barking and slow wobbles.

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