Novels and translations help bring old texts to the modern world. Why is it so hard for other fields to follow suit?
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:03PMThe co-commissioned work trowels on cliche to stifle considerable talent.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12AMThe exhilarating, immersive and addictive experience of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PMThe Metropolitan Opera fires its longtime music director after an internal investigation backed up allegations of sexual abuse.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:54PMDiversity is a major problem, yes. But so is the whole way opera companies go about presenting new work.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18AMAfter seeing “Grace Notes” at the Kennedy Center, a critic’s inner dialogue.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PMThere’s the authority to which the head of an arts organization must actually answer. It isn’t the critics; it isn’t the audience: it’s the board.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:30AMIt's 7:30 on a November night in Manassas, and the ticket line is snaking around the foyer of the brand-new Hylton Performing Arts Center and nearly to the door. The box office isn't accusto…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PMChee-Yun is a Korean-born violinist who has won an Avery Fisher career grant, has played with the world's leading orchestras and gave a solo recital at the Kennedy Center in October. This we…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PMThe arts are an essential part of society. The arts are what a society is remembered by. Those were the leitmotifs, sounded again and again, of the Kennedy Center's Thursday-night gala conce…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PMBlankets spread on the lawn; warm brie and warm wine and a flickering candle dripping wax on the grass; the sound of crickets chirping gentlyin the background; an illuminated stage in the di…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:22AMMusic that’s a century old really shouldn’t seem terrifyingly contemporary to audiences today. At the same time, all music should sound fresh when it’s performed. The ensemble Eighth B…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:12PMVirtuoso pianists tend to be divided into two groups: those of supreme technical ability and those with a profound aptitude for expression. These two groups are often treated as if they were…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:21PMWhen Puccini’s “Tosca” was scheduled for the start of the 2011-12 season, the Washington National Opera didn’t know that the work would mark the start of the company’s new incarnat…
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