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Concert Review: The Boston Lyric Opera Takes a Fresh Look at “The Flying Dutchman”

April 29, 2013
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The Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Flying Dutchman” may not the subtlest you will see — the Freudian elements are slathered on pretty thick — but the nervy dramatic concept adds to our understanding of the opera without compromising its core elements.

Video Game Review: “Rage 2” — Time to Rage on

June 14, 2019
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This wide-angle richness — a world filled with things to do, myriad side-distractions — is the mark of exceptional game design.

Book Review: “Backstage & Beyond Volume I” — A Valuable Addition to Any Rock ‘n’ Roll Library

August 2, 2023
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Rock journalist Jim Sullivan’s writing style has always been conversational rather than confrontational.

Visual Arts Commentary: Life After Lockdown — Designs for Future Living After COVID-19

May 13, 2020
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These products are imaginative clues to what our ‘new normal’ future will be like.

Jazz Review: Danilo Pérez & Jazz 100 at Sanders Theater — Surprise after Surprise

October 20, 2016
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With an artist as focused and sharp as Danilo Pérez as its musical director, Jazz 100 makes you sit up straight and hang on every note.

Jazz CD Review: Lionel Loueke’s “Close Your Eyes”

July 3, 2018
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Lionel Loueke is a unique voice, who has managed to bring a number of influences together without weakening or undermining any of them.

Music Review: Bob Dylan at UMass-Lowell, Tsongas Center

April 11, 2013
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The emotional peak of the entire night was Bob Dylan’s gently understated performance of “What Good Am I?” from 1989’s Oh Mercy.

Classical Album Reviews: Andris Nelsons’ CBSO Recordings, and Mariss Jansons’ SACD Recordings

December 29, 2019
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A collection that provides a fascinating bit of context for how Andris Nelsons has developed as a conductor over the last decade-plus, and an honest, mostly flattering, tribute to a much-loved conductor, the late Mariss Jansons.

Jazz Interview: Composer/Pianist Anthony Coleman — On Being “Avant-Garde”

April 28, 2018
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As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — March 11

March 11, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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