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The Boston Lyric Opera’s production was a reminder that Puccini’s score is sure to stand the test of time, even when valiant attempts to make the opera’s storyline more palatable fall short.
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A charming rendition of Ravel serves as a perfect foil to the rigors of the Schoenberg, which, tough nut though it remains, here gets just the sort of devoted advocacy it requires.
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Too often, “Lioness” reads like a digest of Boston tourist guides and historical surveys, at times even seeming to quote them directly.
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Joe Strummer is clearly having a ball that night, in fine form: cracking jokes and proudly announcing his bandmates.
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This is a Tchaikovsky Fifth that’s thoroughly lived in.
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Listening to the superb “El Arte Del Bolero, Volume Two,” I feel that these are two masters who, while recalling their various ancestries, are talking to me.
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If you want to see how Earth’s oceans are coping with global warming, what better way than to sail around the world for 15 years — and have a little fun doing it?
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The veteran English art-rocker gave a slow-to-develop but brilliant near-three-hour show that tapped stunning visuals while evolving from the cerebral to the celebratory, culminating in a joyous “In Your Eyes.”
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“I always thought this would last six months,” confesses Melvins guitarist, singer, and songwriter Buzz Osborne. “You really can’t count on anything.”
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Poet Ann Lauterbach’s eleventh book contains a challenging invitation: poems that offer fresh perceptions of life’s beautiful enigmas.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger