ISIS

Opera Album Review: Is Perfection Still Possible? Lully’s “Isis” under Christophe Rousset

August 1, 2020
Posted in , , ,

Is it any wonder? An opera that angered Louis XIV in 1677 brings enormous pleasure in 2020.

Read More

Film Review: “Timbuktu” — From Moderation to Totalitarianism

February 23, 2015
Posted in , ,

Director Abderrahmane Sissako wants the viewer to have the golden-age city in mind when, today, 2015, we see how terrible life has become there.

Read More

Recent Posts

Festival Review: Boston Calling 2023 — Pummeling Pleasure and Popular Sentiment on Sprawling Fields
May 31, 2023
TV Review: “Barry” — An Inevitable Season Four
May 30, 2023
Concert Review: Plenty of Boston at L.A. Festivals
May 29, 2023
Classical Album Review: Karina Canellakis conducts Bartók — Pretty Much as Good as They Come
May 29, 2023
Book Review: “Beethoven in the Bunker” — A Welcome, But Scattered, Point of Departure
May 28, 2023