Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera
(Photo by Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera) "When you hear the music, you will understand." – Richard Wagner Even for Wagner, whose […]
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Ticket Giveaway: Steve Reich’s 80th Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall
Next week, Carnegie Hall celebrates Steve Reich's 80th birthday with an all-Reich program that includes the world premiere of Pulse and a rare
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White Light Festival: Berlin Radio Choir at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin
After seeing the Berlin Radio Choir open the White Light Festival earlier this week with their indelible, interactive version of Brahms' German Requiem,
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Louis Andriessen’s “Anaïs Nin” and “Odysseus’ Women” at National Sawdust
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) On Saturday night, for one performance only, the Center for Contemporary Opera
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White Light Festival: Human Requiem at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
When I arrived at the Synod House of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine last night, the first thing I
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Preview: White Light Festival 2016
Photo: Matthias Heyde The seventh edition of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival kicks off this week with a typically eclectic
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The Second Annual BRIC JazzFest Marathon: Night 1
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The BRIC JazzFest Marathon, three nights of topflight music now in
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Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
O'Neill. Faulkner. Hemingway. Dylan. Ending years of what many felt was nothing more than wild speculation, the Swedish Academy awarded the
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Preview: New York Philharmonic Plays Kaija Saariaho at the Park Avenue Armory
It's been four years since the New York Philharmonic appeared at the Park Avenue Armory, in a concert designed to
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