Why do some elaborate revisions of operas and musicals draw so much fire, but not others?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:47PM“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” was streamlined to make the original opera more accessible and realistic, but we’re left with something slighter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:13PMThe mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias made her Broadway debut at 82 in the current revival of “Follies.”
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AMTyne Daly’s portrayal of Maris Callas in “Master Class” vs. Callas herself on recordings of her Juilliard sessions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:01PMIn “Annie Get Your Gun” at Glimmerglass, the soprano Deborah Voigt brings clear diction, sweetness and sassiness to the title role.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:09PMSutton Foster says she wants to be known “as an actress who sings and dances.” But this is far from the way she started off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PM“Séance on a Wet Afternoon” is Stephen Schwartz’s operatic version of the 1964 British film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMMichael Tilson Thomas shared the roots of his musicianship and theatrical instincts in “The Thomashefskys,” performed with the New York Philharmonic.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00PMLucas has a passion for the Romantics.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AMMichael Tilson Thomas, the founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony, just loves the Seikilos epitaph.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AMThe sad truth is that until relatively recent decades, women have had severely limited opportunities within all the arts, especially music and, even more, composition.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:58PMVerdi and Wagner were great students of Beethoven, and their operas have symphonic sweep, architectonic integrity and orchestral richness galore. In addition, you cannot discount their endur…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AMThough Debussy was born in 1862 and died in 1918, this path-breaker has to be considered a 20th-century giant.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:42AMThe argument for Mozart as the greatest composer ever would be based on his astounding versatility.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AMHaydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert: What made Vienna such a hotbed?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:04PMIn videos and posts on ArtsBeat over the next two weeks Anthony Tommasini will explore the qualities that make a classical composer great, maybe even the best of all time.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMYonghoon Lee wins admirers for his work in "Don Carlo."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:21PMVirgil Thomson, who grew up in a Baptist family and was a church organist in his youth, was never susceptible to religion, even as a child. Yet like his student Mr. Rorem, Thomson wrote many…
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