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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Classical Notes: “Lungpowered,” by Loadbang by Russell Platt

The urban kingdom of Washington Heights is an unlikely Eden where the stately European echoes of Beaux-Arts architecture clash with the extroverted expressions of the Latin-American diaspora…

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

“Tosca” ’s Second Chance by Russell Platt

In 1889 Giacomo Puccini wrote to his publisher about getting the operatic rights to Victorien Sardou’s melodrama “La Tosca,” which the playwright had written for Sarah Bernhardt: “In…

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Leap of Faith by Russell Platt

New York City Opera was once a radiant and seemingly indispensable part of New York’s cultural life. But ever since its closure, two and a half years ago, the prospect of reviving the comp…

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Save SubCulture by Russell Platt

“A Dynamic Home for Artists and New Music of All Kinds,” the home page says on the Web site for National Sawdust, a cutting-edge venue in Williamsburg that opens, after much anticipatio…

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Monday, July 14, 2014

Lorin Maazel: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Russell Platt

Musical matters came especially easy to Lorin Maazel, who began as a child prodigy.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

“The Play of Daniel” at the Cloisters by Russell Platt

I’ve always wanted to meet the great countertenor Russell Oberlin, since we have the same first name (before it was fashionable, mind you) and since he shares his last name with that o…

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