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Opera Album Review: August Enna’s Wagnerian “Kleopatra” — Revived on Danish Soil After 122 Years

July 27, 2021
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August Enna’s colorful and vividly melodramatic score does justice to the robust exoticism of H. Rider Haggard’s novel.

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Theater Review: A Dreamy and Acrobatic Hedda Gabler

May 8, 2011
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Henrik Ibsen’s rejection of the everyday drives this compelling take on “Hedda Gabler” – the production generates a theatrical arena that is simultaneously acrobatic and surreal.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 29

April 29, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on “Indecent” and a Love of Yiddish

April 22, 2019
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“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety.”

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 20

February 20, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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June Short Fuses – Materia Critica

June 2, 2022
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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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Concert Review: Pianist Jonathan Biss — Masterful Performances of Schubert

July 1, 2025
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Rockport Chamber Music Festival is in the midst of a stellar season. Saturday evening, the brilliant pianist (and writer) Jonathan Biss gave a sensational recital of two late Schubert sonatas—a music lover’s dream.

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Book Review: The “Jewish Lives” Series — Biography Simplified But Illuminating

June 27, 2014
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YUP’s uneven Jewish Lives offers a series of short, accessible biographies that could become a significant literary mural, showcasing the scope of Jewish culture.

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Classical Music Review: Stile Antico Enchants Singing Tudor Music for Christmas and Advent

December 22, 2011
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Most importantly, there were the amazing, booming acoustics of St. Paul’s, which favored the soaring soprano voices that were, for me, the reason to see this excellent ensemble.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 23, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music and theater that’s coming up this week.

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