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Opera Review: Paisiello’s “Le gare generose” — Italians, Quakers, and Slavery in 18th-century Boston
The lively world-premiere recording of Giovanni Paisiello’s Le gare generose proves why the composer was in demand all across Europe.
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The Rise is the rare cookbook that does more than offer a culinary and educational journey. It inspires.
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Covid-19 goes on and on. Hang tight at home, where you can relax and watch old movies. Here’s an 11th list of disparate favorites that can easily be viewed on your computer.
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Here is a personal selection of recordings in the saxophone trio format. These linear collaborations have been part of the jazz scene for at least seventy years now. The results are almost always illuminating and exhilarating, and a review of them offers a miniature history of saxophone styles.
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Sasha Geffen takes on some heady ideas about music and gender performance, but they approach the subject with a nimble writing style.
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Coming soon to your computer or cellphone: The Boston Camerata launches a bold staged performance of Purcell’s pathbreaking opera, but in a way that keeps its cast and audience safe.
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New albums from Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley march into fresh realms of freedom.
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In this brilliant series, documentary filmmaker John Wilson captures the absurdity of life in New York.
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At a time when witchcraft — not to mention women’s issues of power, autonomy, and identity — is such a prominent part of our cultural conversation, it’s disappointing that The Craft: Legacy doesn’t weave a more satisfying spell.
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Three new discs do right by Beethoven’s chamber music.
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The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll: The Institution Continues