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Opera Album Review: Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Christmas Eve” — Steeped in Pagan Pantheism, Brilliantly Performed

May 8, 2024
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s delightful village comedy, based on a Gogol short story, receives a modern recording that features a superb international cast.

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Film Review: “Challengers” — Match Point

May 4, 2024
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“Challengers” is an exploration of eroticism in the broadest sense: the eroticism of competition, the sensuality of sport, and the messiness of human relationships.

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Classical Music Preview: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Season Finale

May 1, 2024
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“There’s nothing better to do on Friday night than hear this orchestra play. What else would people do that would be better? Of course, people get very excited about the sports teams – and most of them lose. But this orchestra never loses. It wins every game!”

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Theater Reviews: New Broadway Revivals of “Cabaret,” “The Who’s Tommy,” and “The Wiz” Vie for Attention in a Crowded Season

May 7, 2024
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The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?

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Film Review: “Sasquatch Sunset” — Creatures of Nature, Walking Proud and Standing Tall

April 19, 2024
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“Sasquatch Sunset”‘s directors claim they were interested in respecting the universal connection between man and nature, albeit with plenty of humor.

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May Short Fuses — Materia Critica

May 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Rock Album Review: John Powhida’s “Jerry’s House” — Nonstop Fun

May 9, 2024
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The album lightly reiterates John Powhida’s prog influences while offering a snappy set of short, earworm-inducing pop songs.

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Classical Album Review: “Compositrices — New Light on French Romantic Women Composers”

April 27, 2024
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By Ralph P. Locke An 8-CD set of diverse and enjoyable works, brought back from obscurity by Aude Extrémo, Roberto Prosseda, and other major performers. Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers Cyrille Dubois and Yann Beuron (t), Aude Extrémo (mz), Claire Le Boulanger (fl), Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, and Nathalia Milstein (p), and…

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Concert Review: Umphrey’s McGee’s UMBowl X — Taking the Idea of Themes to Extremes

April 30, 2024
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Umphrey’s McGee’s Um Bowl was an exhaustive two-night series for non-diehards but rollercoaster nirvana for the initiated.

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Film Review: “Evil Does Not Exist” — Goodness on Trial

May 9, 2024
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This is a lucid but dreamlike fable about the often fraught confrontation between humanity and nature.

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