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Opera Album Review: Muslims vs. Christians in 10th-Century Spain, Portrayed in an 1881 Gounod Opera (World-Premiere Recording)

November 13, 2019
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Gounod was no mere purveyor of gentle sentiments. This 1881 opera, superbly performed, shows plenty of drama and grit.

Book Review: “There Is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas” — A Painful but Essential History Lesson

January 21, 2025
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The publication of “There Is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas” is especially welcome and necessary at this time.

Book Review: “Shakespeare and Baseball” — Make “Speed to Catch the Tiger”

March 18, 2024
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Professor Crowl’s attachments to both Shakespeare’s plays and the play of the Detroit Tigers are sincere and durable.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Russian Doll” Cracks Open

April 23, 2022
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Russian Doll’s script still crackles with dark, cynical hilarity, and New York is still the gritty, gorgeous backdrop, the city where, clearly, anything can happen.

Theater Interview: Playwright Bernard Pollack on “Little Peasants” — A Holistic View of Union Organizing

February 18, 2024
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Must the stage only discreetly charm the bourgeoisie?

Theater Feature: “temping” — A Stage for Virtual Reality

April 10, 2017
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temping is a strange and experimental beast, and I look forward to seeing where this type of interactive experience goes next.

Book Review: The Many Faces of the Muse

May 19, 2022
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Muse upends convention by examining twenty-nine real life situations that offer a broader, and more generous, view of what a muse can be.

Concert Review: Violinist Joshua Bell and Conductor-Designate Andris Nelsons at Tanglewood

July 22, 2014
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To judge from the BSO’s responsive playing and the audience’s enthusiastic responses, director-designate Andris Nelsons can’t do much wrong these days. Of course, a decade ago, neither could James Levine.

Theater Review: “Evita” — Encouraging Signs

June 10, 2023
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This American Repertory Theatre co-production gets so many of “Evita”‘s elements right — now all it needs is the musical’s combative soul.

Fuse News: Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director-designate Andris Nelsons

May 16, 2013
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The selection of Andris Nelsons, 34, as the BSO’s next chief is an inspired choice and bold, and not just because of his age.

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